[joshuasq]

I have marked index entries in word 2007 (saved as a word 97-2003 doc).
However, when i view it on a computer with word 2003 the index entries appear
to no longer hide instead they appear as text. I have toggled the show/hide
marks button as well as the view code {a} button, yet the field code remains
visible (other field codes such as { StyleREF } seem to toggle ok, it is just
the { XE } entries. They also have a dotted line under them (supposed to be
hidden?)

How do i get them to hide without selecting each of them and applying a
hidden style?

[Jay Freedman]

All {XE} codes are automatically marked as Hidden text (and applying a
hidden style wouldn't change that at all). Incidentally, the same is true
for {TC} fields. The display/hiding of field codes doesn't affect these two
types of fields.

On the computer with Word 2003, look in the Tools Options View dialog.
You'll probably find that the Hidden option is checked. Toggling the
show/hide button changes the setting of the All option, but any of the
others in that group that are checked don't toggle. So uncheck the Hidden
option and the {XE} fields should disappear (and reappear when you show
formatting marks).

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joshuasq wrote:
I have marked index entries in word 2007 (saved as a word 97-2003
doc). However, when i view it on a computer with word 2003 the index
entries appear to no longer hide instead they appear as text. I have
toggled the show/hide marks button as well as the view code {a}
button, yet the field code remains visible (other field codes such as
{ StyleREF } seem to toggle ok, it is just the { XE } entries. They
also have a dotted line under them (supposed to be hidden?)

How do i get them to hide without selecting each of them and applying
a hidden style?

[Graham Mayor]

And if you need to toggle between the two views add the following macro to a
toolbar button

Sub ShowHidden()
With ActiveWindow.View
.ShowHiddenText = Not .ShowHiddenText
.ShowAll = False
End With
End Sub


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Jay Freedman wrote:
All {XE} codes are automatically marked as Hidden text (and applying a
hidden style wouldn't change that at all). Incidentally, the same is
true for {TC} fields. The display/hiding of field codes doesn't
affect these two types of fields.

On the computer with Word 2003, look in the Tools Options View
dialog. You'll probably find that the Hidden option is checked.
Toggling the show/hide button changes the setting of the All option,
but any of the others in that group that are checked don't toggle. So
uncheck the Hidden option and the {XE} fields should disappear (and
reappear when you show formatting marks).


joshuasq wrote:
I have marked index entries in word 2007 (saved as a word 97-2003
doc). However, when i view it on a computer with word 2003 the index
entries appear to no longer hide instead they appear as text. I have
toggled the show/hide marks button as well as the view code {a}
button, yet the field code remains visible (other field codes such as
{ StyleREF } seem to toggle ok, it is just the { XE } entries. They
also have a dotted line under them (supposed to be hidden?)

How do i get them to hide without selecting each of them and applying
a hidden style?