Article ID: 278579 - Last Review: January 29, 2007 - Revision: 2.2 OFFXP: "Remove Personal Information" Option Does Not Apply to Inserted ObjectsThis article was previously published under Q278579 On This PageSYMPTOMS
When you select the privacy option (on the Security tab of the Options dialog box) to Remove personal information from this file on save, you find that although the author's name is removed from the properties of the Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file, the author's name is not removed from the properties of the Office XP objects that have been inserted into the file. For example, if you follow these steps, you find that the author's name is not removed from the object properties. Example of Problem
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, manually remove the author's name from each inserted object. To do this, follow these steps:
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. | Article Translations
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