Word, metadata and pdfs


If you just asked "What is meta data?" or thought "I'll just convert my Word document to a pdf", you should read on.

But, if you don't believe me, ask yourself how you would feel (or, worse, what could happen to your client's interests or your PI) if the "other side" could look at that nice clean final document you just sent them and ascertain what bits you deleted from an earlier draft or added in at the last minute ...

also via Douglas Kennedy, a link to the US National Security Admin.'s report on how safely to provide Word documents in pdf and, even more importantly, the limitations exposed in the commentary Mr Kennedy also links to.

Posted: Wednesday - January 25, 2006 at 04:22 PM         |


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