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Here in Visual Studio 2005, Alexieff has loaded up the source code for a C# routine that sanitizes offending portions of hidden text. In this header from the source code, you see where it declares "clean lists" of potentially offending passages, space for

Here in Visual Studio 2005, Alexieff has loaded up the source code for a C# routine that sanitizes offending portions of hidden text. In this header from the source code, you see where it declares "clean lists" of potentially offending passages, space for

Here's the C# program Alexieff constructed. The user scrolls down and checks the portions of the document she wants cleansed - in this case, hidden text portions.

Here’s the C# program Alexieff constructed. The user scrolls down and checks the portions of the document she wants cleansed - in this case, hidden text portions.

Back in Word, the offending passages have disappeared. Alexieff's point is that the Office Open XML format makes documents not only accessible but manipulable outside Office, in a way that hasn't been done before.

Back in Word, the offending passages have disappeared. Alexieff’s point is that the Office Open XML format makes documents not only accessible but manipulable outside Office, in a way that hasn’t been done before.