Thanks! I wish I could keep the other teachers from editing the document,
but that isn't an option. I just have to make it as safe as possible.

Please read my last response to John, and make any comments you deem useful.

"Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote in message
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Hi Gary

Gary Burton wrote:
I am using Word 2002 and a later version of word. Both are
on Win XP machines, and both have the same problem. It's important that
I find a solution because it affects a lot of documents.

I am a teacher, working with other teachers; and I am making
up a homework book to be used by several teachers. The homework book has
2 basic styles: 1. "Numbered question" for the questions and, 2.
"Lettered answer" for the answer choices. There is hidden text at the
end of both styles with no carriage return separating the hidden text
from the visible text.

Sometimes the format gets messed up by me or one of the other
teachers, and I want to be able to just click on the appropriate style
form the styles window and fix it. That usually works, but there are
some paragraphs in both of these styles for which I have a common
problem. The problem is that while clicking on the appropriate style
does reformat the numbered question or the lettered answer, it also makes
the hidden text visible. I sometimes make changes to a large number of
paragraphs at once, so I can't even tell which ones are getting visible
answers. The students appreciate that because it shows them the answers,
but I don't like it.

:-)

See John's remarks!

What might work is the following: if you use a character style for your
hidden formatting, and make sure that you never apply it to a paragraph
mark, then you could use a makro that resets a paragraph to its para style
but preserves char styles.

But I agree with John, it's probably easier just to use hidden paragraph
styles for hidden text and use "Tools | Options | View" to manage its
visibility, and "... | Print" wheter it's printed or not.

Not letting other teachers work with carefully drafted numbered paragraphs
might be an idea, too! :-)

Greetinx
Robert
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