how view hidden data?

[Geoff Cox]

Hello,

I see that the use of MS's Remove Hidden Data tools 1.1 is not
necessarily a simple matter!

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842684/

How do I view the hidden data?

It would be nice to see what is there before I try to remove it!

Plus, I see that in PPT 2003 the security settings allow you to remove
hidden data when saving - does this work correctly?

I suppose I could use VBA to simply open and save (a large number of
ppt files) and this would delete all the hidden data?

Cheers

Geoff

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

Some of the so called hidden data is in the file properties. The other way
is to save it as a web page and look at the html. There are a lot of
comments like:

<o:Author>Glen Millar</o:Author>

<o:LastAuthor>Glen Millar</o:LastAuthor>

<o:Revision>1</o:Revision>

<o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime>



And all that type of stuff, from what I remember. Although that is just the
html version of what it rips out.


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Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

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Please tell us your PowerPoint / Windows version,
whether you are using vba, or
anything else relevant

 

[Geoff Cox]

Hi,

Some of the so called hidden data is in the file properties. The other way
is to save it as a web page and look at the html. There are a lot of
comments like:

<o:Author>Glen Millar</o:Author>

<o:LastAuthor>Glen Millar</o:LastAuthor>

<o:Revision>1</o:Revision>

<o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime>



And all that type of stuff, from what I remember. Although that is just the
html version of what it rips out.

Thanks Glen - will check that out.

Cheers

Geoff