Question:
I applied for a job with a recruiter and she said that the
job I am applying for has a software to see if you used
someone else's resume as a template. I am sure I did along
the way for style purposes, but she said I can send my
resume to Microsoft to check for this. Anyone know how I
can do that?
Answer:
The only way previous modifications are stored in a document is if
there are unaccepted/rejected Tacked Changes or if Fast Saves
(Tools/Options/Save) were used on the document.
As of Word 2002 the last 10 authors are no longer stored in the
document unless there are unaccepted/rejected Tracked Changes are
present. Then the authors who edited the document will be present
since Word needs this information for the Tracked Changes features.
Information such as Print Date, Save Date, Created Date and last
author can be found under File/Properties.
Regarding whether you emailed the document from Word, this information
is also stored in the File/Properties/Custom, however this depends on
whether Outlook 2002/2003 was used as the email editor and if the
Outlook option, "Add properties to attachments to enable Reply with
Changes" is turned on. Although if File/Send to/Mail Receipt for
Review was used then a ReviewID will found in the
File/Properties/Custom.
Most of the data stored in the file properties, such as Author,
Company, etc can be removed if you are using Word 2002/2003 and turn
on Tools/Options/Security "Remove personal information from file
properties on save" is turned on. However the data for print, save,
modified, created, dates will still be present.
The Remove Hidden Data utility for Word 2002/2003 almost all of the
metadata , including the author list for documents created in a
previous version of Word. There will still be a create date and save
date but it will be the date the utility was used on the document
rather than the previous dates.
For more on the RHD utility take a look at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;834427
