Re: Hiding Comments from others in a Word doc

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From: Genine (Genine_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:43:02 -0800

I've worked in IT support for law firms for years. The only way to guarantee
that this sort of metadata doesn't get to the client is to send a hard paper
copy by fax. But if you need to create an electronic copy, your best bet is
to create a PDF of the file and secure the PDF. You can set options to
exclude certain types of metadata from the PDF.
Word is a telltale. You can get all sorts of information from a Word file...
think about the "dodgy dossier" for starters.
Genine

"KReid" wrote:

> Okay, this is what I'm trying to accomplish: I work in a law office and when
> I revise a document, I often put comments in that refer to why the revision
> has been made, however, I don't want the client to see what I've written in
> my comment.
>
> Thanks for your help and I hope that explains a little better.
>
> "Beth Melton" wrote:
>
> > Not really. The Comments and Comment indicators (highlight) is
> > controlled by the recipient of the document. IOW you may be able to
> > hide comments using your preferences but they do not travel with the
> > document.
> >
> > Perhaps you can expand on what you are trying to do and we could offer
> > some alternative suggestions.
> >
> > --
> > Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
> > assistance by email can not be acknowledged.
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Beth Melton
> > Microsoft Office MVP
> >
> > Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
> > TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
> > MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
> >
> >
> > "KReid" <KReid@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:670C41F0-09B5-4692-ACFA-D4F546FDE7E9@microsoft.com...
> > > If I put comments into a document, is there any way to hide these
> > > comments
> > > from others who open the document? And what versions of Word would
> > > be able
> > > to do this, if any?
> >
> >
> >

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