Quick Access shortcut for privacy options

[FrecklePaw]

Hi there, I have to frequently remove personal details, such as author info, from documents and I find I'm click-clicking forever to do this and it's time-consuming (approx. 11+ clicks!) - is there a way to create a Quick Access Toolbar shortcut for specifically the 'remove document properties and personal info' option in the trust centre > privacy options settings?
Thx in advance.

[HansV]

You might create the following macro in your default template Normal.dotm (or in an add-in/global template), and assign it to a Quick Access Toolbar button:

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Sub RemoveInfo()
    With ActiveDocument
        .RemoveDocumentInformation wdRDIDocumentProperties
        .RemoveDocumentInformation wdRDIRemovePersonalInformation
        .RemovePersonalInformation = True
    End With
End Sub

[Charles Kenyon]

Note, though, that this will wreak havoc on documents created using those Document Properties to hold information in the document.
This is my page: https://addbalance.com/word/MappedContr ... #PageStart
The alternative, there, would be to use custom mapped content controls, which is always possible. Since those are mapped to data points, though, they can also hold metadata or hidden data.

[FrecklePaw]

Thanks both - I will try it out and see what happens - I think some documents may possibly cause an issue but I'll not know until I try, so thanks meantime. Will update with any results if I can.
Much appreciated.