How do I prevent document titles from being saved or shown?

[JS]

Although you did not state what application you used to create these
document, if you used MS Word, then open a document and the select from the
menu bar: File/Properties

You should now be able see and modify what is displayed. be aware however
the file need to be re-saved thus changing the document's Date and Time
stamp.

JS

 

[Carl LaFong]

When looking in a folder in Windows explorer, running the cursor over a
random document shows several pieces of information, including type, author,
title, date, and size.

In documents that I have created, the title usually is the first line of the
text within the document. This is unrelated to the name of the file. In some
cases, documents I have created show nothing next to the title, but I have
no idea why. In some cases, the title is the first line from an earlier
version of the document, not as it now exists on my hard drive.

I prefer to have nothing shown saved or shown next to "title" for all
documents, regardless of who I send them to or what their personal
configuration settings might be. I am NOT referring to simply turning off
the display of the title. I want to keep the title from being saved at all.

I have received documents from others that display nothing next to title, so
it is obviously possible to save a document without a title. How do they do
it?

How can I prevent anything being saved or displayed next to title? I don't
knowingly "title" my documents in any way. I just name them and save them.

If nothing else, can I manually force a particular title unrelated to the
text in the document?

If I cannot prevent the title from being saved, can I at least prevent
others that I send these files to from viewing the title information,
regardless of their settings?

I am using XP Home Service Pack 2.

Thanks for any help.

 

[JS]

I think your questions would be best answered by posting to:
microsoft.public.word.newusers

JS

 

[Carl LaFong]

Although you did not state what application you used to create these
document, if you used MS Word, then open a document and the select from
the menu bar: File/Properties

JS:

Thanks for that. I can see where the title is stored.

But issues remain:

How do certain users make Word docs with no title??? This is what I would
like to do for all Word docs in the future. I have a sinking feeling this is
related to the Word normal.dot template and I know little about altering
templates.

I have hundreds of Word docs that have titles I don't want to see displayed.
Is there any way I can globally change titles on existing docs to a blank
space or a random word of my choice without opening and altering by hand?

 

[JS]

That should work for new documents but all those older documents should be
backed up first before you try any tool that makes mass changes to any and
all your existing documents. That backup just may save you in case of
problems.

Good luck
JS

 

[Carl LaFong]

I think your questions would be best answered by posting to:
microsoft.public.word.newusers

JS:

I just received an answer in another group.

Here is how:

Open the normal.dot template in Word.

Choose properties from the file menu

Replace whatever is in the title box with a single space. It isn't enough to
simply delete what is in the title box.

Save the template

Thanks for your assistance.