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A warning before printing that the document contains tracking changes must be provided.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-17813 DTOO303 SV-53585r1_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
Tracked changes or comments embedded within a document may contain sensitive, insulting, or embarrassing information that the document owner forgot, or that a contributor may have inserted.
STIG Date
Microsoft Word 2013 STIG 2014-01-06

Details

Check Text ( C-47732r1_chk )
Verify the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Word 2013 -> Word Options -> Security "Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments" is set to "Enabled".

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\word\options

Criteria: If the value fWarnRevisions_1125_1 is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding
Fix Text (F-46509r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Word 2013 -> Word Options -> Security "Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments" to "Enabled".