Re: How do I hide text (Word) but keep spacing as if text is there
- From: "Charles Kenyon" <msnewsgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:13:42 -0500
You could potentially create a single-cell table and save that as an
AutoText entry.
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"Heidi" <Heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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
>>
>> 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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>> 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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>> "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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>> >>
>> >> "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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