Word 2007′s Document Inspector

One of the features of Word 2007 I think all firms should look at is the Document Inspector feature.  Basically , the Document Inspector is a metadata removal tool.  Some might find this a bit of an oxymoron as Word itself is the one that creates the metadata, but metadata really is helpful in many ways.   It’s what makes features like track changes, the undo and redo functions and others possible.  So metadata is a useful tool, you just don’t want your documents chocked full of it when they leave your office.  And that’s where the Document Inspector feature comes in.

The feature itself seems pretty well designed and allows you to remove metadata from different “areas” of your document according to your selections.  Specifically, it allows you to find and remove metadata information about your document revisions, tracked changes, document properties, author information, and more.  Actually, I found a ton of information about it here.  Check it out.