How to anonymise your MS Word review

To anonym­ize your com­ments in an MS Word doc­u­ment, fol­low these steps

  1. Inspect Doc­u­ment for Hid­den Metadata
    • Click FileInfo.
    • Select Check for IssuesInspect Doc­u­ment.
    • Check the box for Doc­u­ment Prop­er­ties and Per­son­al Inform­a­tion.
    • Click InspectRemove All next to the Doc­u­ment Prop­er­ties sec­tion.
    • Save your file under a new name
    • Close your ori­gin­al file.
    • Open the new file and veri­fy that your per­son­al inform­a­tion is removed.

By fol­low­ing these steps, you can ensure that com­ments in the doc­u­ment are anonym­ized while pre­serving their con­tent.