Every document undergoes changes, it is reviewed by experts, comments are written down and history of the document you might now want to reveal. Metadata unknown to you travels in all office files and could prove potentially harmful or render information that is sensitive or private in nature.
Metadata removal has been made easy by most of the office software providers like the Microsoft Office and Corel WordPerfect. Both give you an option to save document without the metadata or rather these remove the metadata associated with the file. Elimination of this data assures you of safety of your private discussions, thoughts and ideas about a particular project.
So before sending a file to a potential client or your parellel business ensure that you have availed the easy to use facility to remove metadata using a few clicks.