Re: Way to hide text without hidden text font?

Format the text as "Do not check spelling or grammar." The easiest way to do
this is to create a character style formatted as Default Paragraph Font + Do
not check spelling or grammar (in the Modify Style dialog, choose Format |
Language), then apply this style to your text as needed.

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<teedilo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Actually, a text box does indeed work for updating the field codes in
> question, as I tested that. I appreciate that you mentioned your
> concern in this regard, however.
>
> I forgot to mention in my earlier post that I actually did try setting
> the font color to white. I saw that you had in fact suggested that in
> another news group post, so I at least did a fair amount of homework
> before posting! :-)
>
> Setting the font color to white actually does work, but only to a
> point. The main problem that I found is that the spelling and grammar
> checkers will flag anything they don't like in this text with their
> jagged red and green underlines. It is in fact possible that the
> result of the field codes in question could be flagged by these
> checkers. That ends up looking odd, because you see these jagged
> underlines out in the middle of nowhere!
>
> Also, I figure that if the text box is left at a large size, that would
> increase the chance of a user accidentally happening across it, and
> then messing with it. The chance of this would be decreased if I
> actually add the text box while editing the header and footer area, but
> the spelling and grammar checker problem still persists there as well.
> The same issues seem to exist whether the text box is a true text box
> or a frame.
>
> Anyway, I certainly appreciate your reply. Getting a reply from a
> seasoned Word pro like you at least gives me the satisfaction of
> knowing that there likely isn't a better way to do this. Thanks much!
>

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