RE: Data hidden in Word documents

["Carey, Steve T GARRISON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

Not just MS Word, problem is in Excel and PowerPoint (embedded objects).  We had
someone give us a briefing on all this a year ago.  Still no tool to clean
Metadata in Excel or PowerPoint.

Steve Carey

-----Original Message-----
From: Simson L. Garfinkel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 3:20 PM
To: H Carvey
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Data hidden in Word documents


Microsoft Word has a feature called "fast saves"
If you have the option "allow fast saves" checked, then Word writes the 
original file and deltas until the file reaches a certain size. In this 
case, undo information is saved.

If you uncheck the option "allow fast saves," so that fast saves are 
not allowed, then undo information is not saved.


On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 10:30 AM, H Carvey wrote:

> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> James,
>
>>> Funny.  How do people think "undo" works, anyway?
>
> Given the research I've done into metadata in Word
> documents, I'd greatly appreciate any information you
> could provide regarding how "undo" information is
> retained after a Word document is saved, closed, and
> reopened.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Harlan
>
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