Hiding my identity from Word document files

Hiding my identity from Word document files

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Hiding my identity from Word document files Jim 06-12-2007
Posted by Jim Watt on June 17, 2007, 5:46 pm
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>
>>
>>>RTF does not contain enough formatting for these documents.
>>
>> As far as I've seen .rtf supports much the same as .doc
>> except that its an open format does not allow macros,
>> personal data and MS bloat.
>>
>> I use it extensivly for publishing documents on websites
>> for its compatibility etc.
>>
>> --
>> Jim Watt
>> http://www.gibnet.com
>>
>
>RTF does not support as much as DOC. If RTF did then it would be on
>account of proprietary extesnions to basic RTF.
>
>A commentary on the interchangeability of the two is at:
>http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~pmurphy/doc-interchange.shtml#docrtf

The article is dated and rubbish in places.

You have not described what RTF does not support which is any use.
--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com

Posted by HenryD9 on June 12, 2007, 12:48 pm
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Simply have the other person cut your text and paste it into a fresh word
document on their computer??

> Is there a security utility which can help me with the following?
>
> I need to write some letters for someone else as if the letters were
> written only by the other person. I use my PC to write the leter and
> will email the other person a Word DOC file to use on their PC. We both
> use Word 2003 on WinXP.
>
> However I do not want the DOC file I send to show that I have been
> involved in any way at all.
>
> (a) I do not want data in File > Properties.
> (b) I do not want to have my default margins, font, etc.
> (c) I don't want the document file to have other data which has from
> elsewhere on my PC (perhaps temp data).
>
> ----
>
> Until now I have been sending them unformatted text but this means the
> other person has to paste it into Word and then lay it all out and put
> in all the formatting for empahsis.
>
> Is there some software which will strip out the identifiers in a Word
> DOC file to anonymise it?
>
> Do I need to use some Word function to have two different sets of
> default layout? (See b above.)


Posted by Jim on June 12, 2007, 1:43 pm
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> Simply have the other person cut your text and paste it into a
> fresh word document on their computer??
>
>> Is there a security utility which can help me with the following?
>>
>> I need to write some letters for someone else as if the letters
>> were written only by the other person. I use my PC to write the
>> leter and will email the other person a Word DOC file to use on
>> their PC. We both use Word 2003 on WinXP.
>>
>> However I do not want the DOC file I send to show that I have been
>> involved in any way at all.
>>
>> (a) I do not want data in File > Properties.
>> (b) I do not want to have my default margins, font, etc.
>> (c) I don't want the document file to have other data which has
>> from elsewhere on my PC (perhaps temp data).
>>
>> ----
>>
>> Until now I have been sending them unformatted text but this means
>> the other person has to paste it into Word and then lay it all out
>> and put in all the formatting for empahsis.
>>
>> Is there some software which will strip out the identifiers in a
>> Word DOC file to anonymise it?
>>
>> Do I need to use some Word function to have two different sets of
>> default layout? (See b above.)
>
>


Often cut and paste in Windows can preserve formatting. :-(

Posted by jc on June 12, 2007, 2:58 pm
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Jim wrote:
>
>> Simply have the other person cut your text and paste it into a
>> fresh word document on their computer??
>>
>>> Is there a security utility which can help me with the following?
>>>
>>> I need to write some letters for someone else as if the letters
>>> were written only by the other person. I use my PC to write the
>>> leter and will email the other person a Word DOC file to use on
>>> their PC. We both use Word 2003 on WinXP.
>>>
>>> However I do not want the DOC file I send to show that I have been
>>> involved in any way at all.
>>>
>>> (a) I do not want data in File > Properties.
>>> (b) I do not want to have my default margins, font, etc.
>>> (c) I don't want the document file to have other data which has
>>> from elsewhere on my PC (perhaps temp data).
>>>
>>> ----
>>>
>>> Until now I have been sending them unformatted text but this means
>>> the other person has to paste it into Word and then lay it all out
>>> and put in all the formatting for empahsis.
>>>
>>> Is there some software which will strip out the identifiers in a
>>> Word DOC file to anonymise it?
>>>
>>> Do I need to use some Word function to have two different sets of
>>> default layout? (See b above.)
>>
>
>
> Often cut and paste in Windows can preserve formatting. :-(

If you're concerned about the formatting, type it in a plain text editor
such as Notepad and send it that way.


jc

Posted by Jim on June 13, 2007, 7:14 am
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> Jim wrote:
>>
>>> Simply have the other person cut your text and paste it into a
>>> fresh word document on their computer??
>>>
>>>> Is there a security utility which can help me with the
>>>> following?
>>>>
>>>> I need to write some letters for someone else as if the letters
>>>> were written only by the other person. I use my PC to write the
>>>> leter and will email the other person a Word DOC file to use on
>>>> their PC. We both use Word 2003 on WinXP.
>>>>
>>>> However I do not want the DOC file I send to show that I have
>>>> been involved in any way at all.
>>>>
>>>> (a) I do not want data in File > Properties.
>>>> (b) I do not want to have my default margins, font, etc.
>>>> (c) I don't want the document file to have other data which has
>>>> from elsewhere on my PC (perhaps temp data).
>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>> Until now I have been sending them unformatted text but this
>>>> means the other person has to paste it into Word and then lay it
>>>> all out and put in all the formatting for empahsis.
>>>>
>>>> Is there some software which will strip out the identifiers in a
>>>> Word DOC file to anonymise it?
>>>>
>>>> Do I need to use some Word function to have two different sets
>>>> of default layout? (See b above.)
>>>
>>
>>
>> Often cut and paste in Windows can preserve formatting. :-(
>
> If you're concerned about the formatting, type it in a plain text
> editor such as Notepad and send it that way.
>


It is very important that I minimise the other person's work. If I
give them plain text to lay out and format then they will rightly say
is not part of our arrangement.

If you recall I want to do the actual work.

I want the result must not to look as if it came from me or from my
copy of Word or from my PC.

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