TECH TIP: MS Word - Remove Metadata with Built-In Document Inspector

The following tech tip is provided by Patrick Cabral, Systems Engineer at Afinety.  Patrick is also one of our trainers.

During our onsite training classes, our clients often ask about hidden data in documents and how to remove it.  When you share an electronic copy of a Microsoft Word document with clients or colleagues, it is a good idea to review the document for hidden data or personal information that might be stored in the document itself or in the document properties.  This hidden information, or metadata, can reveal details about your organization or about the document itself that you might not want to share publicly. 

You can remove this this hidden information with a built in feature in Word 2007 and newer versions (2010 and 2013) called Document Inspector.

Click on the Office Button  >  Prepare >  Inspect Document.

For more information on how this feature works, click on the below link:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/remove-hidden-data-and-personal-information-by-inspecting-documents-HA010354329.aspx?CTT=1.


For more information about scheduling a training class at your firm or via webinar, please contact us at sales@afinety.com