REMOVING METADATA IN YOUR DOCUMENT
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STEP ONE
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Click “Tools.”
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Click “Settings”
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Select the environment icon.
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Select the General tab
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Replace name and initials with spaces or change to “Anonymous.”
STEP TWO
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Open your document and click “File.”
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Click “Properties.”
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Click “Summary.”
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Delete name from “Author.”
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Delete name from “Typist.”
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Click “OK.”
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Save your document.
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Complete these steps only after all editing is finished and the document is
in final form ready for submission.
Click “File, Save without metadata.” Be sure there is no check mark in the
“Keep original document open” box.
In the “Select metadata to remove” area, check the following boxes:
• Comment information
• Hidden text
• Annotations
• Undo/redo history
• Document summary data
• Hyperlinks
• OLE object information
• Routing slip
Do not remove header and footer information.
Click “Save” and then close the document.
After saving, “_mtd” is automatically added to the filename to identify that
the file does not contain metadata.
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WORD 2010
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Open the document
Click the “File” tab which is the left-most tab
Click on “Info”
Click the “Check for Issues” button
Click “Inspect Document”
Click “Inspect” at the bottom of the window
Buttons labeled “Remove All” will appear next to any category of metadata
present. Click the buttons to remove this metadata.
Click the “Close” button to return to the document.
Save your document.
WORD 2007
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Open the document
Click the large round Windows button in the upper left corner of Word
Click on “Prepare”
Click “Inspect Document”
Click “Inspect” at the bottom of the window
Buttons labeled “Remove All” will appear next to any category of metadata
present. Click the buttons to remove this metadata. Be aware one category
is for headers and footers and it is usually not desirable to remove these.
Click the “Close” button to return to the document.
Save your document.
WORD (other versions)
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Open the file and click “Tools.”
Click “Options.”
Click “Security” tab.
Select “Remove any personal information from file
properties on save.”
Click “OK.”
Click “Save.”
WORD 2008 for Mac
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Open the document
On the top toolbar, click “Word” and then “Preferences”
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Click “Security” under the Personal Settings heading in the window that
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Under the Privacy options heading, check the box for “Remove personal
information from this file on save”
Click “OK” then Save the document
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