[Bear[_2_]]

Raymond:

If you mean an actual Word document form, then you might consider the Help
Text available for each formfield you create. This help can be displayed in
the status bar or when the user presses F1.

The only strategy for conditional text that I know of relies on use of
hidden text. You can arrange it so the hidden text is shown when the document
opens. You can provide specific buttons on a custom floating toolbar that
allow the user to voluntarily show or hide the instructions. Hidden text will
never print.

Finally, you could put the instructions in text boxes, which appear on the
drawing layer, not the text layer. You'd then have to change your print
options to clear the "Drawing objects" check box so the instructions wouldn't
print. I think the users might have to do that manually each session. Again,
you could provide custom buttons to accomplish this, or you could intercept
the Print command and add code to accomplish your changes.

Note that the customizations could be confined to the specific template that
your users use to create or edit the document in question.

Bear

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Windows XP, Word 2000