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Susan
 
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I can show or hide hidden text by going to tools/options/view and clicking
the "Hidden" box,
but is there a keyboard shortcut to do that?

I found that Ctrl+Shift+H will hide selected text, but I can't find anything
that will show it.


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Hi Susan,

The shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+8 (on the number row above the letters, not on
the number pad), or you can click the ¶ button on the toolbar.

Strictly speaking, both of these toggle the "All" entry in Tools Options
View, rather than just the Hidden option. If Hidden is checked, toggling All
on and off won't hide Hidden text; but if the boxes other than All are
unchecked, Hidden will be included among the toggled options.

If that doesn't suit, add the following macro to Normal.dot or another
global template and assign a shortcut key to it:

Public Sub ToggleViewHidden()
ActiveWindow.View.ShowHiddenText = _
Not ActiveWindow.View.ShowHiddenText
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...roToHotkey.htm for help
if you need it.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Susan wrote:
I can show or hide hidden text by going to tools/options/view and
clicking the "Hidden" box,
but is there a keyboard shortcut to do that?

I found that Ctrl+Shift+H will hide selected text, but I can't find
anything that will show it.



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Thanks, Jay!
That macro hit the spot.


"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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Hi Susan,

The shortcut is Ctrl+Shift+8 (on the number row above the letters, not on
the number pad), or you can click the ¶ button on the toolbar.

Strictly speaking, both of these toggle the "All" entry in Tools Options

View, rather than just the Hidden option. If Hidden is checked, toggling

All
on and off won't hide Hidden text; but if the boxes other than All are
unchecked, Hidden will be included among the toggled options.

If that doesn't suit, add the following macro to Normal.dot or another
global template and assign a shortcut key to it:

Public Sub ToggleViewHidden()
ActiveWindow.View.ShowHiddenText = _
Not ActiveWindow.View.ShowHiddenText
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...roToHotkey.htm for

help
if you need it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Susan wrote:
I can show or hide hidden text by going to tools/options/view and
clicking the "Hidden" box,
but is there a keyboard shortcut to do that?

I found that Ctrl+Shift+H will hide selected text, but I can't find
anything that will show it.





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