Removing Metadata

[Michael Rollins]

Greetings. I'm trying to find a way to automate the removal of metadata
(author info, etc.) from Word documents. Can someone recommend a good way to
proceed? Ideally I would be able to "clean" docs with a single click from
within Word, drop files onto an application icon, run the cleaner from the
context menu, or script the process for multiple files. Is VBA the best way
to accomplish this?

Many thanks in advance for any tips,

Michael

 

[Jonathan West]

Hi Michael,

These Microsoft Knowledgebase articles might be of interest to you

The Remove Hidden Data add-in for Office 2003 and Office XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=834427

Known issues with the Remove Hidden Data add-in for Office 2003 and Office
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;834636