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the redaction process ought to leave no clue as to the origainal text length
but ought to indicate missing text by inserting the text "[REDACTED]". Block black-out fails to remove the text length clue. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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What are you talking about?
If you're talking about tracking, it's exceedingly useful and important to know exactly what was deleted so that a reviewer can assess the impact and validity of the deletion. If you're talking about something else, then perhaps you could be a bit more specific so that others can know exactly what feature (and in what context) you're talking about. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... the redaction process ought to leave no clue as to the origainal text length but ought to indicate missing text by inserting the text "[REDACTED]". Block black-out fails to remove the text length clue. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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What I am talking about is security, not really what the document looks like
or tracking which ough to be contained in gerneration data groups/versions of the document. Why are documents redacted - to remove evidence for publication whilst retaining the original. The published document can be beutified without the redacted text. To assist reader understand that content has been removed I recommend the optional insertion of an indicator such as the text [REDACTED]. As to purpose, I refer you to the National Security Agency document ATTN:I333: "Redacting with Confidence: How to Safely Publish Sanetized Reports Converted From Word to PDF". URL: http://www.nsa.gov/snac/vtechrep/I333-TR-015R-2005.PDF I apologise for anjy misunderstanding. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: What are you talking about? If you're talking about tracking, it's exceedingly useful and important to know exactly what was deleted so that a reviewer can assess the impact and validity of the deletion. If you're talking about something else, then perhaps you could be a bit more specific so that others can know exactly what feature (and in what context) you're talking about. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... the redaction process ought to leave no clue as to the origainal text length but ought to indicate missing text by inserting the text "[REDACTED]". Block black-out fails to remove the text length clue. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Whilst I accept you may have a point, the reason that redaction does it the
way it does is so that document structure is maintained. -- Enjoy, Tony "TerenceF" wrote in message ... the redaction process ought to leave no clue as to the origainal text length but ought to indicate missing text by inserting the text "[REDACTED]". Block black-out fails to remove the text length clue. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...id=c90b1908-f5 a3-492b-9ecf-c658790a412c&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagemen t |
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No, he's talking about the redaction performed by Microsoft's Redaction
Add-in (for Word 2003 only). See http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... What are you talking about? If you're talking about tracking, it's exceedingly useful and important to know exactly what was deleted so that a reviewer can assess the impact and validity of the deletion. If you're talking about something else, then perhaps you could be a bit more specific so that others can know exactly what feature (and in what context) you're talking about. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... the redaction process ought to leave no clue as to the origainal text length but ought to indicate missing text by inserting the text "[REDACTED]". Block black-out fails to remove the text length clue. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Suzanne, Tony and Herb I rejoice that you are content with the product that
MS alleges is redaction. It does not conform to NSA's 'Sanitized' view of redaction. I expect the 'redacted' data in the MS Add-in is accessible through value searches and indexing thus not removed from the document and still avaialble to a keen enquirer. Although there is an add-in to 'remove hidden data' http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en there is no contiguous product build. Is MS going to respond to the NSA model of 'redaction'? Terence Freedman The National Archives London, England "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, he's talking about the redaction performed by Microsoft's Redaction Add-in (for Word 2003 only). See http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... What are you talking about? If you're talking about tracking, it's exceedingly useful and important to know exactly what was deleted so that a reviewer can assess the impact and validity of the deletion. If you're talking about something else, then perhaps you could be a bit more specific so that others can know exactly what feature (and in what context) you're talking about. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... the redaction process ought to leave no clue as to the origainal text length but ought to indicate missing text by inserting the text "[REDACTED]". Block black-out fails to remove the text length clue. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Terence, I personally doubt that Microsoft will do anything more with
redaction than it has already done -- but as none of the people replying in this newsgroup are Microsoft employees, we don't speak for the company. In any case, I don't believe Suzanne's reply is an expression of contentment or any other opinion of the current product. You have done the right thing by posting your suggestion, and Microsoft has pledged to read and consider posted suggestions. Until a company representative replies one way or the other, none of us knows what will become of the suggestion. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 04:56:27 -0800, "TerenceF" wrote: Suzanne, Tony and Herb I rejoice that you are content with the product that MS alleges is redaction. It does not conform to NSA's 'Sanitized' view of redaction. I expect the 'redacted' data in the MS Add-in is accessible through value searches and indexing thus not removed from the document and still avaialble to a keen enquirer. Although there is an add-in to 'remove hidden data' http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en there is no contiguous product build. Is MS going to respond to the NSA model of 'redaction'? Terence Freedman The National Archives London, England "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, he's talking about the redaction performed by Microsoft's Redaction Add-in (for Word 2003 only). See http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... What are you talking about? If you're talking about tracking, it's exceedingly useful and important to know exactly what was deleted so that a reviewer can assess the impact and validity of the deletion. If you're talking about something else, then perhaps you could be a bit more specific so that others can know exactly what feature (and in what context) you're talking about. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... the redaction process ought to leave no clue as to the origainal text length but ought to indicate missing text by inserting the text "[REDACTED]". Block black-out fails to remove the text length clue. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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I don't think I said I was content. I have never used the tool and can't
express content or otherwise I'm not sure in what way you think the MS AddIn fails to conform - it does not make the decisions; it is merely an aid in removing what the user decides to remove, and, as far as I can tell, it is your suggestion which does not conform to the referenced document. I did say, and do think, that you have a good point but that is a separate issue. -- Enjoy, Tony "TerenceF" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Tony and Herb I rejoice that you are content with the product that MS alleges is redaction. It does not conform to NSA's 'Sanitized' view of redaction. I expect the 'redacted' data in the MS Add-in is accessible through value searches and indexing thus not removed from the document and still avaialble to a keen enquirer. Although there is an add-in to 'remove hidden data' http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...4ED-D43E-42CA- BC7B-5446D34E5360&displaylang=en there is no contiguous product build. Is MS going to respond to the NSA model of 'redaction'? Terence Freedman The National Archives London, England "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, he's talking about the redaction performed by Microsoft's Redaction Add-in (for Word 2003 only). See http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...fd7-67c2-4b51- 8e87-65cc9f30f2ed&DisplayLang=en -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... What are you talking about? If you're talking about tracking, it's exceedingly useful and important to know exactly what was deleted so that a reviewer can assess the impact and validity of the deletion. If you're talking about something else, then perhaps you could be a bit more specific so that others can know exactly what feature (and in what context) you're talking about. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... the redaction process ought to leave no clue as to the origainal text length but ought to indicate missing text by inserting the text "[REDACTED]". Block black-out fails to remove the text length clue. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...id=c90b1908-f5 a3-492b-9ecf-c658790a412c&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagemen t |
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Tony et al,
I overestimated the implications of the responses. I will wait for MS to respond. You may wish to review a discussion of Schneier on Security: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...sa_on_how.html. Thank you for your feedback. Terence Freedman "Tony Jollans" wrote: I don't think I said I was content. I have never used the tool and can't express content or otherwise I'm not sure in what way you think the MS AddIn fails to conform - it does not make the decisions; it is merely an aid in removing what the user decides to remove, and, as far as I can tell, it is your suggestion which does not conform to the referenced document. I did say, and do think, that you have a good point but that is a separate issue. -- Enjoy, Tony "TerenceF" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Tony and Herb I rejoice that you are content with the product that MS alleges is redaction. It does not conform to NSA's 'Sanitized' view of redaction. I expect the 'redacted' data in the MS Add-in is accessible through value searches and indexing thus not removed from the document and still avaialble to a keen enquirer. Although there is an add-in to 'remove hidden data' http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...4ED-D43E-42CA- BC7B-5446D34E5360&displaylang=en there is no contiguous product build. Is MS going to respond to the NSA model of 'redaction'? Terence Freedman The National Archives London, England "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, he's talking about the redaction performed by Microsoft's Redaction Add-in (for Word 2003 only). See http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...fd7-67c2-4b51- 8e87-65cc9f30f2ed&DisplayLang=en -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... What are you talking about? If you're talking about tracking, it's exceedingly useful and important to know exactly what was deleted so that a reviewer can assess the impact and validity of the deletion. If you're talking about something else, then perhaps you could be a bit more specific so that others can know exactly what feature (and in what context) you're talking about. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... the redaction process ought to leave no clue as to the origainal text length but ought to indicate missing text by inserting the text "[REDACTED]". Block black-out fails to remove the text length clue. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...id=c90b1908-f5 a3-492b-9ecf-c658790a412c&dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagemen t |
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I was not expressing satisfaction. I have never used the add-in (and have no
need for it). I was merely pointing out to Herb what it was, since he seemed to be ignorant of it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Tony and Herb I rejoice that you are content with the product that MS alleges is redaction. It does not conform to NSA's 'Sanitized' view of redaction. I expect the 'redacted' data in the MS Add-in is accessible through value searches and indexing thus not removed from the document and still avaialble to a keen enquirer. Although there is an add-in to 'remove hidden data' http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en there is no contiguous product build. Is MS going to respond to the NSA model of 'redaction'? Terence Freedman The National Archives London, England "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, he's talking about the redaction performed by Microsoft's Redaction Add-in (for Word 2003 only). See http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... What are you talking about? If you're talking about tracking, it's exceedingly useful and important to know exactly what was deleted so that a reviewer can assess the impact and validity of the deletion. If you're talking about something else, then perhaps you could be a bit more specific so that others can know exactly what feature (and in what context) you're talking about. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... the redaction process ought to leave no clue as to the origainal text length but ought to indicate missing text by inserting the text "[REDACTED]". Block black-out fails to remove the text length clue. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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I was indeed ignorant of the add-in. I mistakenly thought the gentleperson
was referring to the "track changes" feature. When deleting text in tracking mode, I aggressively want to be able to see exactly what was deleted. As TerenceF didn't mention any add-in, I had no idea that that's what he was talking about, and assumed he must be talking about an actual built-in Word feature. If the goal is to replace sections of text with [REDACTED], I'm not at all sure why any tool at all is needed. It'd be a fairly simple matter to format text that requires redaction with a new style (e.g., name it Redacted Text), then do a global find/replace where you match that style in the Find box, and put [REDACTED] in the Replace box. But, I'm fond of simple approaches that don't require add-ins, since most add-ins I've used cause problems. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I was not expressing satisfaction. I have never used the add-in (and have no need for it). I was merely pointing out to Herb what it was, since he seemed to be ignorant of it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Tony and Herb I rejoice that you are content with the product that MS alleges is redaction. It does not conform to NSA's 'Sanitized' view of redaction. I expect the 'redacted' data in the MS Add-in is accessible through value searches and indexing thus not removed from the document and still avaialble to a keen enquirer. Although there is an add-in to 'remove hidden data' http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en there is no contiguous product build. Is MS going to respond to the NSA model of 'redaction'? Terence Freedman The National Archives London, England "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, he's talking about the redaction performed by Microsoft's Redaction Add-in (for Word 2003 only). See http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... What are you talking about? If you're talking about tracking, it's exceedingly useful and important to know exactly what was deleted so that a reviewer can assess the impact and validity of the deletion. If you're talking about something else, then perhaps you could be a bit more specific so that others can know exactly what feature (and in what context) you're talking about. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... the redaction process ought to leave no clue as to the origainal text length but ought to indicate missing text by inserting the text "[REDACTED]". Block black-out fails to remove the text length clue. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Herb,
I acknowledge your needs and they are different from mine and, seemingly, from those of the NSA (you may wish to consider the earlier refeences to 'Sanitized'). If I redact a document I expect the original to be retained and a copy to be made during the redaction process. The process of redaction removes selected text at the behest of the redacter and this is not a 'find/replace' edit. The text removed will actually be removed. The Word Redaction add-in might be used to create the third version of the document retaining the format and indicating what has been removed should such a document be needed. Where textr is removed the indicatortext '[REDACTED]' will warn the reader. Leaving text in place but covered in pipes allows a reader to recover it through the edit command 'find', even if the process is a little tedious, and perhaps by changing the text to a light colour such as yellow to print through the pipes. Similarly, a keyord index may reveal the piped-ouit text. Leaving the length of text 'redacted' clear to the reader allows the reader to make sokme guesses as to what has been removed. The puipose of redactkion is remove the text and leave no clues as to its contents else why bother? One way to achieve the process is to 1 edit out the text to be redacted and insert the indicator '[REDACTED]'. 2 create a new document from the edited version, thus saving the original. 3 create a pdf version, watermarked for authentication. 4 publish the pdf. Ideally a single process should effect this. And for thopse who wish it, also save the Word Redacted version, and that could be part of the same process. Terence Freedman "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: I was indeed ignorant of the add-in. I mistakenly thought the gentleperson was referring to the "track changes" feature. When deleting text in tracking mode, I aggressively want to be able to see exactly what was deleted. As TerenceF didn't mention any add-in, I had no idea that that's what he was talking about, and assumed he must be talking about an actual built-in Word feature. If the goal is to replace sections of text with [REDACTED], I'm not at all sure why any tool at all is needed. It'd be a fairly simple matter to format text that requires redaction with a new style (e.g., name it Redacted Text), then do a global find/replace where you match that style in the Find box, and put [REDACTED] in the Replace box. But, I'm fond of simple approaches that don't require add-ins, since most add-ins I've used cause problems. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I was not expressing satisfaction. I have never used the add-in (and have no need for it). I was merely pointing out to Herb what it was, since he seemed to be ignorant of it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... Suzanne, Tony and Herb I rejoice that you are content with the product that MS alleges is redaction. It does not conform to NSA's 'Sanitized' view of redaction. I expect the 'redacted' data in the MS Add-in is accessible through value searches and indexing thus not removed from the document and still avaialble to a keen enquirer. Although there is an add-in to 'remove hidden data' http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en there is no contiguous product build. Is MS going to respond to the NSA model of 'redaction'? Terence Freedman The National Archives London, England "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: No, he's talking about the redaction performed by Microsoft's Redaction Add-in (for Word 2003 only). See http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... What are you talking about? If you're talking about tracking, it's exceedingly useful and important to know exactly what was deleted so that a reviewer can assess the impact and validity of the deletion. If you're talking about something else, then perhaps you could be a bit more specific so that others can know exactly what feature (and in what context) you're talking about. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... the redaction process ought to leave no clue as to the origainal text length but ought to indicate missing text by inserting the text "[REDACTED]". Block black-out fails to remove the text length clue. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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When you do a find/replace, I assure you, the text removed is indeed
actually removed--all anyone would see is [REDACTED]. (The only caveat is not to use Word's Fast Save feature, since it can cause deleted text to actually be retained. For the kinds of documents you're talking about, however, I would expect for encryption to be used, so the Fast Save problem would not be a factor.) There are a variety of ways redaction might be implemented. Note that there are businesses where the method employed in Microsoft's redaction add-in is precisely what is wanted. Granted, it's not what you/NSA want, but it does fill someone else's need. Having said that, however, I would be surprised if a year from now precisely what you seek has not been incorporated into a later redaction offering. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... The process of redaction removes selected text at the behest of the redacter and this is not a 'find/replace' edit. The text removed will actually be removed. |
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Herb
Thank you. I agree with both your sentiments. I will be mindful of your reminder about fast saves. The documents I am saving are open but contain closed information. Being open they are not encrypted but the closed information is removed/redacted before release. Terence Freedman "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: When you do a find/replace, I assure you, the text removed is indeed actually removed--all anyone would see is [REDACTED]. (The only caveat is not to use Word's Fast Save feature, since it can cause deleted text to actually be retained. For the kinds of documents you're talking about, however, I would expect for encryption to be used, so the Fast Save problem would not be a factor.) There are a variety of ways redaction might be implemented. Note that there are businesses where the method employed in Microsoft's redaction add-in is precisely what is wanted. Granted, it's not what you/NSA want, but it does fill someone else's need. Having said that, however, I would be surprised if a year from now precisely what you seek has not been incorporated into a later redaction offering. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP http://www.herbtyson.com Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along. "TerenceF" wrote in message ... The process of redaction removes selected text at the behest of the redacter and this is not a 'find/replace' edit. The text removed will actually be removed. |
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