Go to 'Word > Preferences > Personal Settings > Security > Privacy Options' and check 'Remove personal information from this file on save' then save the document. This won't do if you're using custom document properties, because those would be removed at the same time.Īfter many hours of poking around, I discovered that you CAN suppress the date & time stamp from Track Changes-here's how to do it (in Word for Mac 2011, at any rate):
The dates and times will be removed from all tracked changes, and the reviewer name will be changed to 'Author'. After inspecting the document, when the results panel shows up, click the button to remove all 'Document Properties and Personal Information'. On the Office button menu, go to Prepare > Inspect Document. I found this same question posed on a PC-based Word forum, and a respondent offered the following instructions for addressing this issue in Word 2007 (PC)
