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Is it possible to see who last opened a Word Document?
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Just curious, I remember something a while ago (might have been an 'Urban Legend' type of thing), where if you opened a word document in notepad or wordpad it would, at the end log the IP or username of the person who last opened the file. I don't expect this to be true but was wondering if there is any way to view this information? We need to check who has been accessing a document lately and we're already past the 'turn track chages on'. Thanks |
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Answer: Is it possible to see who last opened a Word Document?
Ways to View Who Last Opened a Word Document
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Is it possible to see who last opened a Word Document?
I can't answer your question but I can make a suggestion. It sounds as tho
you have a security problem. Why not move that document into a protected folder? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] wrote in message ups.com... Hi Just curious, I remember something a while ago (might have been an 'Urban Legend' type of thing), where if you opened a word document in notepad or wordpad it would, at the end log the IP or username of the person who last opened the file. I don't expect this to be true but was wondering if there is any way to view this information? We need to check who has been accessing a document lately and we're already past the 'turn track chages on'. Thanks |
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Is it possible to see who last opened a Word Document?
It isn't an urban legend. Versions before Word 2003 stored the names of up
to 10 authors. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290945#E0LD0ACAAA. As for how to view them, right-click the file, choose Open With Notepad, and scroll down toward the end of the document. Wordpad won't do, because it interprets the Word information in the file the same way that Word does. -- 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. wrote: Hi Just curious, I remember something a while ago (might have been an 'Urban Legend' type of thing), where if you opened a word document in notepad or wordpad it would, at the end log the IP or username of the person who last opened the file. I don't expect this to be true but was wondering if there is any way to view this information? We need to check who has been accessing a document lately and we're already past the 'turn track chages on'. Thanks |
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Is it possible to see who last opened a Word Document?
This sounds interesting. How do you create a protected folder?
-- JD "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I can't answer your question but I can make a suggestion. It sounds as tho you have a security problem. Why not move that document into a protected folder? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] wrote in message ups.com... Hi Just curious, I remember something a while ago (might have been an 'Urban Legend' type of thing), where if you opened a word document in notepad or wordpad it would, at the end log the IP or username of the person who last opened the file. I don't expect this to be true but was wondering if there is any way to view this information? We need to check who has been accessing a document lately and we're already past the 'turn track chages on'. Thanks |
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Is it possible to see who last opened a Word Document?
Can you see this information if you use "Recover Text from Any File"?
-- 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... It isn't an urban legend. Versions before Word 2003 stored the names of up to 10 authors. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290945#E0LD0ACAAA. As for how to view them, right-click the file, choose Open With Notepad, and scroll down toward the end of the document. Wordpad won't do, because it interprets the Word information in the file the same way that Word does. -- 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. wrote: Hi Just curious, I remember something a while ago (might have been an 'Urban Legend' type of thing), where if you opened a word document in notepad or wordpad it would, at the end log the IP or username of the person who last opened the file. I don't expect this to be true but was wondering if there is any way to view this information? We need to check who has been accessing a document lately and we're already past the 'turn track chages on'. Thanks |
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Is it possible to see who last opened a Word Document?
If this is on a network, I would recommend talking to your MIS department.
If not, you could compress the folder and password protect it. If you access that folder often you may get tired of that real quick because you have to remember to compress again it after you are finished with it. There's also software available that will do this. I'm sure that others will be able to give you additional information. I know enough about this to be dangerous. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Jackie D" wrote in message ... This sounds interesting. How do you create a protected folder? -- JD "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I can't answer your question but I can make a suggestion. It sounds as tho you have a security problem. Why not move that document into a protected folder? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] wrote in message ups.com... Hi Just curious, I remember something a while ago (might have been an 'Urban Legend' type of thing), where if you opened a word document in notepad or wordpad it would, at the end log the IP or username of the person who last opened the file. I don't expect this to be true but was wondering if there is any way to view this information? We need to check who has been accessing a document lately and we're already past the 'turn track chages on'. Thanks |
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Is it possible to see who last opened a Word Document?
In the few documents I have that were edited by more than one person, yes.
-- 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. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Can you see this information if you use "Recover Text from Any File"? "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... It isn't an urban legend. Versions before Word 2003 stored the names of up to 10 authors. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290945#E0LD0ACAAA. As for how to view them, right-click the file, choose Open With Notepad, and scroll down toward the end of the document. Wordpad won't do, because it interprets the Word information in the file the same way that Word does. -- 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. wrote: Hi Just curious, I remember something a while ago (might have been an 'Urban Legend' type of thing), where if you opened a word document in notepad or wordpad it would, at the end log the IP or username of the person who last opened the file. I don't expect this to be true but was wondering if there is any way to view this information? We need to check who has been accessing a document lately and we're already past the 'turn track chages on'. Thanks |
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Is it possible to see who last opened a Word Document?
That's what I suspected. This is no longer true in Word 2003?
-- 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... In the few documents I have that were edited by more than one person, yes. -- 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. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Can you see this information if you use "Recover Text from Any File"? "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... It isn't an urban legend. Versions before Word 2003 stored the names of up to 10 authors. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290945#E0LD0ACAAA. As for how to view them, right-click the file, choose Open With Notepad, and scroll down toward the end of the document. Wordpad won't do, because it interprets the Word information in the file the same way that Word does. -- 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. wrote: Hi Just curious, I remember something a while ago (might have been an 'Urban Legend' type of thing), where if you opened a word document in notepad or wordpad it would, at the end log the IP or username of the person who last opened the file. I don't expect this to be true but was wondering if there is any way to view this information? We need to check who has been accessing a document lately and we're already past the 'turn track chages on'. Thanks |
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Is it possible to see who last opened a Word Document?
The KB article I cited includes this in the description of how to get
rid of the names: "Note This information is not stored by Word 2003." -- Regards, Jay Freedman On Thu, 11 May 2006 16:10:31 -0500, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: That's what I suspected. This is no longer true in Word 2003? -- 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... In the few documents I have that were edited by more than one person, yes. -- 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. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Can you see this information if you use "Recover Text from Any File"? "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... It isn't an urban legend. Versions before Word 2003 stored the names of up to 10 authors. See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290945#E0LD0ACAAA. As for how to view them, right-click the file, choose Open With Notepad, and scroll down toward the end of the document. Wordpad won't do, because it interprets the Word information in the file the same way that Word does. -- 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. wrote: Hi Just curious, I remember something a while ago (might have been an 'Urban Legend' type of thing), where if you opened a word document in notepad or wordpad it would, at the end log the IP or username of the person who last opened the file. I don't expect this to be true but was wondering if there is any way to view this information? We need to check who has been accessing a document lately and we're already past the 'turn track chages on'. Thanks |
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Is it possible to see who last opened a Word Document?
Thanks for the responses, I've taken them all onboard.
Just for the record, this is a publicly accessible piece of work that someone is accusing another person of plagiarizing. Thsi other person has denied even seeing the document so we just needed a way to see which people had opened it beforehand. Again, many thanks. |
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Is it possible to see who last opened a Word Document?
On 12 May 2006 03:01:22 -0700, wrote:
Thanks for the responses, I've taken them all onboard. Just for the record, this is a publicly accessible piece of work that someone is accusing another person of plagiarizing. Thsi other person has denied even seeing the document so we just needed a way to see which people had opened it beforehand. Again, many thanks. If the person only opened and read the document but didn't change anything or save it, their name won't appear in the file. Absence of proof is not proof of absence. -- 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. |
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