Metadata+remove+from+docs

Metadata remove from docs

In my previous tips I have discussed Metadata.

However are you aware that as you work on a doc all the changes as well as Viewing are recoded in the doc and can be accessed by the sick people who specialize in looking at your doc etc. for Metadata.

There is an easy way when you have finished to remove all the Metadata from your work, and similar to many other facilities Microsoft to not broadcast it.

It is a download from Microsoft so go www.Microsoft.com and search for RHDTool.exe

Run this and you could save yourself a lot of embarrassment. __**Microsoft’s splurge verbatim below:**__‐

//Overview//

//With this add-in you can permanently remove hidden and collaboration data, such as change//

//tracking and comments, from Word 2003/XP, Excel 2003/XP, and PowerPoint 2003/XP files.//

//When you distribute an Office document electronically, the document might contain information that//

//you do not want to share publicly, such as information you’ve designated as “hidden” or information//

//that allows you to collaborate on writing and editing the document with others.//

//The Remove Hidden Data add-in is a tool that you can use to remove personal or hidden data that//

//might not be immediately apparent when you view the document in your Microsoft Office//

//application.//

//You can run the Remove Hidden Data add-in on individual files from within your Office XP or Office//

//2003 application. Or, you can run Remove Hidden Data on multiple files at once from the command//

//line. In either case, to run the tool you must have the application installed in which the document//

//was created.//

//The Offrhdreadme.htm file included with the add-in includes a complete list of all of the types of//

//data that the tool will help to remove. By default, you can locate this file in the \Program//

//Files\Microsoft Office\Remove Hidden Data Tool\1033 directory in the drive where you installed the//

//tool. If you installed the tool to a different directory, you can locate this file in the \1033 directory, a//

//subdirectory of the add-in installation folder.//

//Notes//

//• You should run the Remove Hidden Data add-in on files when you are ready to//

//publish them. This is because some of the data that the tool removes is used by//

//Office for collaboration features, such as Track Changes, Comments, and Send for//

//Review.//

//• You should always save to a new file name, rather than overwrite the original file//

//with the new document, in order to preserve a copy of the document containing the//

//original data.//

//• The Remove Hidden Data add-in does not work with Information Rights//

//Management-protected or digitally-signed files.//