As an attorney, you know the importance of protecting confidential information. So when, for example, in discovery you must distribute a document containing such information, you want to be careful to redact all nondiscoverable confidential material in that document first. To do this, you want a redaction tool that's quick, easy, and — most important — secure.

By using the Microsoft Office Word 2003 Redaction Add-in, you can safely redact confidential information in your documents and protect those documents from modification by another party. The tool creates a redacted copy of your original document. Redacted text appears in this copy as a solid black bar. Text beneath the bar is converted to vertical lines (|||||) so that redacted content cannot be retrieved under any circumstances, even if the receiving party views the redacted document in a text editor, such as Microsoft Notepad.

To further secure your redacted document, you can opt to protect it before sending it to another party. If you do so, anyone receiving the redacted document will be permitted only to read it and to print it. The other party will not be able to modify the document.

Use the following information and tool to protect confidential information in your documents.

• Use the Word 2003 Redaction Add-in (Article)
  Learn step-by-step how to redact and protect electronic documents.
• Word 2003 Redaction Add-in (Tool)
  Get started on redacting your documents by using this add-in for Word 2003.