Can you read deleted text?

[Guest]

I emailed my resume to a prospective employer. I had changed the resume a
few times, adding and deleting employers (saving along the way). The
prospective employer seemed to know I had another job listed on the resume
that was not on the saved version I sent her. Can people read text you
previously saved on a Word document even if it was deleted on the copy you
sent them?

 

[macropod]

Hi Noobel11,

If you had 'Track Changes' running while editing your document, the deleted
text would remain in the document until you went through the process of
accepting/rejecting the changes.

It would also be possible for a savvy user to see what had been changed if
you had 'allow fast saves' switched on or you saved the file via
File|Versions

Cheers

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I would suggest sending the resume as a pdf file. But omitting a reference
to a previous job could be considered dishonest with possible consequences.

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