WordDocumentMarkupCleaner

Caution! Changes your docx Files! Currupted files, missing xml or external data may lead to data loss

Features:

• Cleans OpenXML Word Documents (.docx) from unnecessary markup.
• Uses OpenXmlPowerTools by Eric White
• Offers batchprocessing and backups (.docx.bak)
• shows 4 states: white = unsaved, green = saved, yellow = not saved to prevent backup overwrite, red = error (details in tooltip)

Usage:

• Drag and Drop files from the explorer and choose the desired action from the file menu. That simple!

Default settings:

SimplifyMarkupSettings settings = new SimplifyMarkupSettings
    {
        AcceptRevisions = true,
        //setting this to false reduces translation quality, but if true some documents have XML format errors when opening
        NormalizeXml = true,        // Merges Run's in a paragraph with similar formatting 
        RemoveBookmarks = true,
        RemoveComments = true,
        RemoveContentControls = true,
        RemoveEndAndFootNotes = true,
        RemoveFieldCodes = false, //true,
        RemoveGoBackBookmark = true,
        RemoveHyperlinks = false,
        RemoveLastRenderedPageBreak = true,
        RemoveMarkupForDocumentComparison = true,
        RemovePermissions = false,
        RemoveProof = true,
        RemoveRsidInfo = true,
        RemoveSmartTags = true,
        RemoveSoftHyphens = true,
        RemoveWebHidden = true,
        ReplaceTabsWithSpaces = false
    };