Word 2002 Clearing and removing hidden and collaboration data

[Jamess B. Holladay]

How can I remove personal, hidden and collaboration data from Word documents
before I transmit them?
I am not running WinXP Service Pack 1 and don't intend to.

 

[Jay Freedman]

How can I remove personal, hidden and collaboration data from Word
documents before I transmit them?
I am not running WinXP Service Pack 1 and don't intend to.

Here are some references:

How to Minimize Metadata in Word 2002:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290945

Remove Hidden Data add-in for Office 2003 and Office XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=834427
This add-in does require Windows XP SP1. What's your objection to the
service pack?

Protecting Personal Data in Your Word 2003 Documents
http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/odc_wd2003_ta/html/odc_WDProtectWord2003.asp
Although it says Word 2003, this article also applies to 2002.