> > In the legal profession (and in many other professions as well), > it is a common practice to receive a .doc file from your client, a 3rd > party, or even your opposing counsel. You are then asked to make > changes to the original .doc file, then send it back, either by > electronic mail, "or by sneaker mail" (thus, internet connection has > nothing to do with this problem; you can use the most secure, isolated > computer in the world--it wouldn't help). >
It is common knowledge in the office environment where I work to "clean" MS office 2k documents before sending them outside the firm. We have one- click scripts to extract and/or remove all meta data and form/field information from the document, or it can be done interactively. I don't know if we have any automatic tools to do this for them so I assume you have to rely on the user to do actually do it. Probably not a good assumption. I know we have a policy of not sending attachments larger then 8MB outside and no one listens to that.
