Document Inspector



The DOM Inspector (also known as DOMi) is a developer tool used to inspect, browse, and edit the Document Object Model of documents - usually web pages or XUL windows. The DOM hierarchy can be navigated using a two-paned window that allows a variety of different views on the document and all nodes within.

Document Inspector


  1. Nov 26, 2018 The document inspector wizard in Office 365 can help ensure your document is clean of hidden properties, personal information, and other items that could cause issues before you send or publish it (think macros or custom XML data). This is available in Excel, Word, and Powerpoint.
  2. Document Inspector in Word How to Inspect a Document in Word. Toggle navigation. Free Microsoft Word Training; If you’re going to be sharing a document digitally, you may want to check for hidden text like watermarks, comments, and other metadata that should be removed before publishing.
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Hidden Data Tool

This was built-in to the Document Inspector tool


Before you share a document you can use this Document Inspector to check, find and remove information like comments, versions, tracked changes, ink annotations, document properties, hidden text, custom XML, etc


2010 Changes

(File > Info > Check for Issues > Inspect Document > Inspect
This will generate a report
If the document contains any tracked changes then you will be presented with a 'Remove All' button
Using this button is not recommended unless you are very familiar with tracked changes and want to accept all the changes in a single click. There is no confirmation ??


Word 2007 Document Inspector

There will be several 'Remove All' buttons after the document has been inspected.
Comments - removes all comments and accepts all changes
Document Properties and Personal Information - keeps tracked changes but removes reviewer name and date/time

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When you go back and select (File > Info) Prepare for sharing there is a note telling you that personal information will be removed when the document is saved.

Document Inspector

2007 Changes

(Office > Prepare > Inspect Document > Inspect


Embedded versions have been removed


DOCUMENT INFORMATION PANEL
see under SharePoint


DOCUMENT VERSION COMPARISON
Comparing two versions
Tri-Pane - easy to compare and combine documents. Allows you to see the original document, the revised document and a merged document all at the same time. With simultaneous scrolling.
The standalone versions in Word 2003 have been removed
A more robust versioning is now available with document libraries in SharePoint in WSS3.0.


DOCUMENT INSPECTOR
Find and remove hidden metadata and confidential/personal information
Replaces the Remove Hidden Data add-in for Office 2003
Multiple inspectors can run ??


Document Inspector

NEW XML FILE FORMATS
ECMA Office open xml formats
.docx - Word document (macro free, previously .doc)
.docm - Word document (macro enabled, previously .doc)
.dotx - Word template (macro free, previously .dot)
.dotm - Word template (macro enabled, previously .dot)


Document Inspector On Mac

By default all documents saved in the new open XML file format will be macro free and cannot contain any VBA code. This (copy from Excel)
The new office file formats are compressed into a single zip. This compressed zip file is called a document package and contains all of the content in a document, including text, images, comments, track changes, etc


index - OMPM (Office Migration Panning Manager)
index - VET (Version Extraction Tool)

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SOURCE VIEWER
The Word Source Viewer for Microsoft Office Word 2007 allows you to view and edit Open XML directly from within the Word 2007 interface. This is a learning tool to learn about Open XML, and what different markup elements do.


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