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Subject:Re: New Guy Question - MS Word From:kevin -dot- lovejoy -at- trnswrks -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:42:18 -0700
What kind of hidden text are you refering to Suzy?
I am not aware of anything like you are talking about.
I am refering tho the hidden text uesed to identify Indexed fields.
Thanks for all the information everyone, I am getting some better ideas.
> All true - it sounded like it was an internal distribution, rather than an
> external, in which case there is a place for macros. I wouldn't recommend
> macros be used in externally distributed docs either. But if it's
> internal, and if it is sometimes useful for the end-user to be able to read
> the hidden text, (but your preference that they don't see it usually) then
> a macro is pretty much the way to go.
>
> Who is the hidden text for? If it is of no use to the end-user, or
> shouldn't be viewed by the end-user, take it out - create a Distribution
> version. A quick search and replace for Hidden text should do the trick in
> less than a minute- well you are using Master docs so... make that a minute
> per doc
>
> Suzy
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