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Striping Out the Metadata
MAY 12, 2006

Question: How do you have to save a revised WordPerfect document as a new file to strip out the metadata?  Is just hitting <Save As> before you edit sufficient?  Is just converting such a file into PDF sufficient to do the job?

Answers:

sltax@fisherwinner.com

The answer(s) are "Yes" and "Yes."

Let's assume that I am working on a contract between Jones and Smith.  I save the first draft as something like "contract_sale_dr1.wpd."

I then put it in pdf format and save it as "contract_sale_dr1.pdf."  I then send it out to my client, Jones, for his comments.  I incorporate those comments in a second draft titled "contract_sale_dr2.wpd."  Assuming that I don't have to have my client review it further, I then pdf the document, saving it as "contract_sale_dr2.pdf" and send it to Smith's counsel.  After some back and forth with counsel, I produce another draft "contract_sale_dr3.wpd/pdf (as the case may be)" and forward it to my client. 

At each step, I have stripped out the metadate except, perhaps, for the metadata in pdf that indicates that I am the author. 

Also, I put footers or headers on each document that tells me what version of the document one is looking at.  This is accomplished in WordPerfect with a couple of macros that I had created for that purpose.

Yes, I believe that it is, but I will experiment with the procedure this evening to make certain.

 

Steven R. Silberman  

How do you strip out the metadata from a wordperfect file?  Is just saving every revision as a separate file sufficient?

 

sltax@fisherwinner.com

Yes, I believe that it is, but I will experiment with the procedure this evening to make certain.