Anonymise a document

At a glance

• You can replace addresses, companies, company registration numbers, dates, person names, locations, email addresses, websites and phone numbers.
• CASUS doesn't cover headers, footers and text boxes. Check them yourself.
• CASUS doesn't store which placeholder stands for which name. If you need that, keep the copy of the original.

How it works

1. 1
   Save a copy first, because CASUS changes the open document.
2. 2
   Open CASUS in Word, switch to Actions and click Anonymize.

   

3. 3
   Under Included identifiers, choose what should be replaced. Everything is selected at first.
4. 4
   Click Start anonymization. Then, at the top of the result, choose Structured for placeholders like “[Person 1]” or Pseudo for made-up, realistic details.

   

5. 5
   Check the replacements, one card per person or detail. To leave out single places, open the card, choose This and dismiss the place with ×.

   

6. 6
   Click Apply all directly.

   

If it doesn't work

If the document only allows tracked changes, CASUS can't anonymise it. Save a copy without that protection and try there.

This might help too

• Have a new document drafted
• Fill in a template
• Change an existing document and stay in control