Office 2013 In Depth

Prepare a File for Sharing

The Microsoft Office applications also give you tools for checking a document before you share it. These features are primarily designed for both security and accessibility issues. For example, you can check the document for any personal information that might be contained in it; this is a security check because you don’t necessarily want to share personal information in the shared document. Or you might have text in the document that will be difficult for people with disabilities to read; this is an accessibility issue.

The Check for Issues button on the Info window in the Backstage provides three tools that check your file for possible issues related to sharing:

• Inspect Document: This tool inspects the document ...