Microsoft Word doesn’t have a dedicated redact tool, but you can still remove sensitive data from your Word files.

Most Word documents contain sensitive information that you might not want shared. Not everyone needs to worry about this, but it’s something to think about even if you’re not producing legal, financial, government or other sensitive business documents. Most of us might only need to redact personal data, such as our name as the document’s author. If you’re in an industry that requires a heavier hand, your company might have internal conventions about what to redact. In this article, I’ll show you several steps you can take to redact a Word document. This article uses Word, but all the information applies to Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint as well.Read more on Tech Republic.com