In Microsoft Word, deletion of browsing traces usually refers to the removal of revision history, comments, and other markup from a document. These traces are primarily generated through the "Revisions" function, which is used to track and review changes to the document. Here are the steps to remove these traces:
If there are revisions in your document, such as text changes, additions, or deletions, you can choose to accept or reject those revisions.
Open the Word document.
Go to the Review tab.
Use the Accept and Reject features to process revisions one by one, or you can select Accept All or Reject All to quickly process all revisions.
If the document contains comments, you can also delete them.
Under the Review tab, find the Delete section.
You can select "Delete" to remove comments one by one, or "Delete all comments and ink" to clear all comments at once.
To prevent future changes from leaving traces, you can turn off the redaction feature.
Under the Review tab, turn off the Revisions switch.
This way, changes made with revisions turned off will not be tracked.
Word documents may contain metadata such as author information, revision time, etc. You can review and delete this information.
Go to the "File" menu.
Select the "Info" option.
In the Check Documents section, select Check.
Word checks the hidden attributes and personal information in the document, and you can choose to clear them.
To ensure that all traces are completely removed, you can save the cleaned document as a new file.
Once you have completed the above steps, select the File menu.
Click "Save As" to select a storage location and file format.
Give the file a new name and save it.
After completing the above steps, your word document should have been cleared of all traces of browsing. This is important to protect privacy and maintain a professional image before sending documents.