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Removing Personal Data From a Word 2004 Document

By James Marshall, About.com

When you’re working in Word 2004, private data may be included in your document. This can include personal information and tracked changes or comments.

If you share a document electronically, this can lead to embarrassment or more serious consequences. So it is a good idea to remove this data before you share a document.

To help, Word 2004 can warn you before you share this information.

Click Word>>Preferences.

Click Security in the left pane

In the Privacy options section, select the following:
Remove personal information from this file on save
Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments

Click OK.
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