User Tip #164: Microsoft Office documents includes GUID to identify author

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Microsoft Office applications include an identifier called a GUID (Globally Unique Identifier). This identifier is unique to each machine. As a result, any document could be traced back to its original creator. Vector Development has release a freeware utility Guideon which:

This could be an exposure or a valued component depending on your environment and concerns with security and privacy.

Tranglos.com has released GUIDClean to detect, display and modify the Global Unique Identifiers (GUID).