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From: LordHog on 8 Jan 2009 13:53 On Jan 8, 2:35 am, "Tony Jollans" <My forename at my surname dot com> wrote: > Without going into a lot of detail about how the clipboard works, when you > copy a Word Range (or anything else), it is put on the clipboard in several > formats, some of which may include hidden text, some of which may not. When > you paste from the clipboard, what gets pasted depends upon the application > you are pasting into and the format you use - or it uses. > > Text formats (such as might paste into Notepad) do not include hidden text > (that's actually hidden) by default, but can be made to in VBA. The > TextRetrievalMode.IncludeHiddenText property controls this - and this is > probably the option LordHog is looking for; there is no need to use > temporary documents or to change what shows on screen. > > If formatted text is being pasted, then what happens to it depends on the > Application; what application is being used? > > -- > Enjoy, > Tony > > www.WordArticles.com > > "Reitanos" <reitanos...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > > news:d870c1b1-e8ff-4fac-88f6-30bb34ba943e(a)s20g2000yqh.googlegroups.com... > @Tony: The issue is not selecting the hidden text, it's that Word will > not copy hidden text to the clipboard along with other text (a very > interesting wrinkle I had never noticed before). LH's issue is > selecting a range that contains both hidden and non-hidden text and > copying it. I suggested a macro that copies the selection, creates a > new doc, pastes, unhides everything, copies it all, and then closes > the new doc, but that seems like too many steps to do what sounds like > a simple task. Any ideas? > > @LH: try recording a macro to do this. It's pretty simple and macros > can be a lot of fun if you've got any geek in you! > > There is a useful command that you cannot record that would help when > closing the other document: "application.displayalerts = false" will > turn off prompts and dialogs. Be sure to set it back to true before > the macro ends. > > On Jan 7, 10:14 pm, LordHog <Lord...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Jan 7, 4:01 pm, "Tony Jollans" <My forename at my surname dot com> > > wrote: > > > > You can only select hidden text if it is being displayed. You can define > > > a > > > Range in a macro to be anything you want, including hidden text, and do > > > as > > > you will with it - no need to change the display in the process at all. > > > > -- > > > Enjoy, > > > Tony > > > >www.WordArticles.com > > > > "LordHog" <Lord...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > > >news:33ced382-1027-4254-a5df-acfd98739776(a)n33g2000pri.googlegroups.com.... > > > On Jan 7, 12:55 pm, Reitanos <reitanos...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > This bit of macro assumes that you ONLY have hidden text selected (as > > > > opposed to some hidden and some not hidden), but it will work. > > > > > Sub CopyHidden() > > > > Selection.Font.Hidden = False > > > > Selection.Copy > > > > Selection.Font.Hidden = True > > > > End Sub > > > > > It's fascinating that Word can paste the text internally while hidden, > > > > but it does not share that with the clipboard - even the Office > > > > Clipboard can paste the hidden text but does not display the text > > > > (although it does paste it in other office apps). > > > > > On Jan 7, 2:11 pm, LordHog <Lord...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > Is it possible to select hidden text within MS Word (e.g., Word > > > > > 2003) and copy hidden text to the clipboard so it may be pasted into > > > > > another application? I am looking to avoid having to select the > > > > > text, > > > > > deselect the hide option the text then re-select the hide option. > > > > > > Mark > > > > Reitanos, > > > > I do wish there was an option to tell Word to copy any text > > > regardless if hidden or not. I had thought about this type of macro, > > > but unfortunately what we are trying to copy contains a mixture of > > > hidden text, requirement ID, and the remainder of the text > > > (requirement). As you indicated, this should on be run against text > > > that was hidden as not to hide text that should not be hidden. A > > > thought that I had was to take the copied text, paste it into a new > > > document, unhide (is that really word?) all the text the copy that to > > > the clipboard. This might work, but I don't want to see Word switching > > > between documents causing the screen to flicker. Perhaps Word can > > > create a new document resident within memory and then I could work > > > from within this document? > > > > Mark > > > Tony, > > > If a user selected text with hidden and nonhidden text, how would I > > declare a region using that selected text? Once the region is defined > > what steps would I need to take to copy the text to the clipboard so > > all the text then could be pasted elsewhere? > > > Mark Tony, I will try to create a macro which will perform the feat of coping both hidden and non-hidden text. There is no single application that in which the text will be copied to, but typically it would be copying requirements, with hidden PUI numbers, in other Word documents, e- mails or source code. It may take me a day or two to get it working, but if I can get it working I will posted what I was able to accomplish for other to use. I want to thank both you and Reitanos for the help and I certainly appreciate the help!!! Mark |