Antenna House introduces Word API, a multi-functional processing library for Word documents that features mail merging, removing links, comparing documents, and inspecting documents on the server side. This tool is still in development and has not been released, but there is a 30 day alpha test for those that want to try it out. All feedback, feature suggestions, or questions after the evaluation are welcome.
Links for the following files can be removed:
The results can be obtained in the following formats:
You can inspect and remove "document properties and personal information" and "hidden text" if they are enabled in a Word document.