Hidden text?

[andreas]

I've been using Word (first 2004, lately 2008) for years now but even in the new version some old bugs keep annoying me so I'm looking for an alternative.

I have a specific question: is it possible to replicate the "hidden text" feature of Word in Nisus Writer Pro? This means that the text is still in the document but can be "made invisible" with a switch.

Thanks for suggestions.

[mrennie]

Hi,

I'm afraid invisible text is not (yet?) part of Nisus Writer Pro's feature set. You could use very rough workarounds (create a paragraph/character style that turns text white), but this solution is clumsy at best, as the physical space occupied by the "hidden" text is still clearly visible.

[andreas]

I've found a solution - I only ever need to hide the text for a printed version. So I wrap the "hidden" text in curly brackets, run a macro that deletes everything between curly brackets and sends the document to the printer, then I undo the delete and I'm done.

It's not perfect but perfectly usable.

[mrennie]

Hi andreas,

great workaround! I'm sure many forum users would appreciate your posting the script online (if you don't mind, that is); sounds like a useful script to have until a proper solution is implemented in Nisus Writer Pro.

[andreas]

There you go.

http://www.nisus.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3064

[greenmorpher]

I call that a "courageous" solution, Andreas! If I tried it, there would be a strong possibility that the bowdlerised print version to be saved ...

Cheers, Geoff

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[andreas]

I know - have to get used to holding the command - s fingers back :-).

I tried to integrate the undo command into the macro but I couldn't get it to work. I tried the exact wording the menu command has after running the macro but the problem seems to be that this command contains double quotes and I don't know how to escape them.

Or can you use key shortcuts in a macro? Command - z would be generic.

[andreas]

But I just realised that undo works beyond saving - so no problem there :-).