Re: How do I hide text (Word) but keep spacing as if text is there

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Create one the way you want it, select it, and save it as an AutoText entry.
Then insert the AutoText where you want it. Not quite global, but easier
than redoing each time. Otherwise, Frames can be a part of a style
definition.
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Charles Kenyon

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"Heidi" <Heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E5A820E7-0DAA-4AA4-B11D-2DF9CB340474@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> This is a great solution. Thanks!
> It will require quite a bit of reformatting of the document to replace the
> regular text with text boxes if I have to format each box individually,
> however (the document is over 100 pages). Is there a global way to format
> the
> insertion of text boxes so that they all go in without borders or margins
> and
> so they will stretch to fit the text? (This way I could insert the text
> box,
> cut and copy the existing text into it, and have the spacing on the
> document
> remain about the same.)
> Heidi
>
> "Charles Kenyon" wrote:
>
>> You could put your answers inside text boxes (with no borders or
>> background)
>> and mark the text in the textboxes as hidden. The text boxes would then
>> hold
>> your space for you.
>> --
>> Charles Kenyon
>>
>> Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
>>
>> Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
>> Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
>>
>> See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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>> This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
>> and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
>> from my ignorance and your wisdom.
>>
>> "Heidi" <Heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:0935DF77-F667-4B43-B899-EB7D9E22591D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I have a document that I need in two versions, one with the answers to
>> > questions and one with the answers removed. When the answers are
>> > removed,
>> > however, the spacing needs to remain as if they are still there. Hidden
>> > text
>> > does not work for this because when the text is not printed the spacing
>> > changes (the space where the text was disappears). Is it possible to
>> > format
>> > the answer text so that it can be removed easily?
>>
>>
>>


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