MS Word Legal: Making Comments Anonymous

Again this does not happen every day, but it is requested here and there. That is to say, the request that the Comments made in the document are just comments without knowing who exactly made the comment. So, the question becomes how do we leave the comments in place but make them anonymous? 1. Review Tab: As you know you go to your review tab to insert your comments. Once the comments are in, make sure that you have saved the document. Follow these steps: Open a document that has been saved with the comments that you want to make anonymous. Go To File, Info, Check for Issues, Inspect Document. Make sure Document Properties and Personal Information is checked. Click Inspect. Click "Remove All" next to Document Properties and Personal Information once the Inspection has been done. Click Reinspect, and then save the document and close the file. Now go back in and look at the comments within your file. The individual who created the comments should no longer be listed. Instead, you will see Comments that are named A1, A2 etc. Note: Important Do not click Remove All next to Comments, Revisions, Versions, and Annotations, which will permanently delete all of the comments from the document. When you reopen the document, all comments that appear in the document will appear without names or initials. This request might come up here and there but...you will know how to go about it. Training From An Inside Perspective www.advanceto.com