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Metadata Removal
Does anyone know of a good macro/addin/third party program/anything that
selectively removes metadata from word 03/07 documents? We have tried to use Microsoft's add in, but it strips all of what it classifies as metadata (such as comments and tracked changes). We are a law firm and regularly need to send out documents which contain comments and tracked changes, but we don't want metadata such as version numbers, author, editing time and file location to be included in the document. Ideally the solution would function automatically at documents save or, another possiblity, would be one that scans documents when being sent as attachments from outlook (not outlook express). Thanks for your help. Gary Haugen |
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Metadata Removal
In Word 2007, you have a good deal of control. Click Office Button -
Prepare - Inspect Document. Check only the types of information you want removed, then click Inspect, Remove, etc. To make this work automatically, you could record the desired behavior in a macro, and perhaps put it onto the QAT, calling it "Prepare for Client" or somesuch. The method that the new command uses is not available in Word 2003. You would need to write a more detailed macro. For starters, I would try recording a macro in Word 2003 that "watches" you purging the document properties. In any event, the hard part would be getting people to use the tool(s) you set up. That's always the kicker. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Gary Haugen" wrote in message ... Does anyone know of a good macro/addin/third party program/anything that selectively removes metadata from word 03/07 documents? We have tried to use Microsoft's add in, but it strips all of what it classifies as metadata (such as comments and tracked changes). We are a law firm and regularly need to send out documents which contain comments and tracked changes, but we don't want metadata such as version numbers, author, editing time and file location to be included in the document. Ideally the solution would function automatically at documents save or, another possiblity, would be one that scans documents when being sent as attachments from outlook (not outlook express). Thanks for your help. Gary Haugen |
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