Hi Aaron,
Quote Originally Posted by Oorang
The only thing on that, is doc variables don't get encrypted either. They are still stored in the document (in plain text) for all to see. If you define a variable named "Foo" with a value of "Bar" then password protect and encrypt the document (and the vba project) it will still look like this in Notepad:
Sure, agreed in full there's no such thing as protection in Office so variables aren't an exception. (allthough they are a bit more hidden, when you don't know what your looking for)

Quote Originally Posted by Oorang
Although as someone who spends their time in Access, Excel & Outlook, I was totally unaware that of the Document.Variables collection. I'm really glad to know about it.
Indeed, this is one of those unknown jems in MS Word that little know about. It's the best mechanisme for saving data as Metadata in the document that is transported with the document wherever it goes.

I'm glad I could share it with you!