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Title: security of MS Office files
Post by: kalos on September 09, 2014, 02:51 PM

hello

I edit a doc/docx/xls/xlsx file and I send it over email to another person
is he able to view the previous editions before I edit the file?

thanks!

Title: Re: security of MS Office files
Post by: tomos on September 09, 2014, 03:25 PM

I edit a doc/docx/xls/xlsx file and I send it over email to another person
is he able to view the previous editions before I edit the file?

-kalos (September 09, 2014, 02:51 PM)

This is like the verbal equivalent of an Escher illustration :-/

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Title: Re: security of MS Office files
Post by: Ath on September 09, 2014, 03:29 PM

Check this MS article: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/remove-tracked-changes-and-comments-from-a-document-HA001219021.aspx

(Found on first Google hit, btw.)

Title: Re: security of MS Office files
Post by: kalos on September 09, 2014, 03:33 PM

I edit a doc/docx/xls/xlsx file and I send it over email to another person
is he able to view the previous editions before I edit the file?

-kalos (September 09, 2014, 02:51 PM)

This is like the verbal equivalent of an Escher illustration :-/
 (see attachment in previous post (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=38923.msg363980#msg363980))

-tomos (September 09, 2014, 03:25 PM)

why?

Check this MS article: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/remove-tracked-changes-and-comments-from-a-document-HA001219021.aspx

(Found on first Google hit, btw.)

-Ath (September 09, 2014, 03:29 PM)

thanks