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

Thanks again! I couldn't figure out how to format the text box so it would
expand to fit the text that is pasted into it (the way a table cell would).
Is there a way to do this? If not, I might try the table cell idea, or the
global style font formatting idea of another posting. I'd thought of a global
font idea, since the answers are all in bold, but there are many other parts
of the document that also are in bold. Nothing to stop me from creating a
style definition, though!I knew there was an easier way to do this! Now there
are potentially two.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

> 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.
> --
> Charles Kenyon
>
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> Charles Kenyon
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> 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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> "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!
> >> --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
> >> 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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>
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