Tim
Creative Writer
anyone using Word for business documents needs to know this.
in laymans terms, if you cut/delete anything out of the document, you don't see it, but it's still part of the document. M$ is working on a fix for this.
the implications of this mean if you make a document with a business quote, then copy the document into a new one, then change the name/address/values, the edited details are still contained in the document. if you email that .doc file to the company, they CAN retrieve any cut/deleted data and hence find out if you are quoting a different company a different amount.
if you take a modified document and copy and paste it into a fresh document, you only copy the actual visible data of the modified document, not the hidden data.
this is a stupid mistake on behalf of M$, any data recovery facility for the writer of the document are countered by the receiving company being able to find any deleted data.
be warned and work carefully!
in laymans terms, if you cut/delete anything out of the document, you don't see it, but it's still part of the document. M$ is working on a fix for this.
the implications of this mean if you make a document with a business quote, then copy the document into a new one, then change the name/address/values, the edited details are still contained in the document. if you email that .doc file to the company, they CAN retrieve any cut/deleted data and hence find out if you are quoting a different company a different amount.
if you take a modified document and copy and paste it into a fresh document, you only copy the actual visible data of the modified document, not the hidden data.
this is a stupid mistake on behalf of M$, any data recovery facility for the writer of the document are countered by the receiving company being able to find any deleted data.
be warned and work carefully!
