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From: LordHog on 7 Jan 2009 14:11 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
From: Reitanos on 7 Jan 2009 15:55 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
From: LordHog on 7 Jan 2009 16:25 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
From: Reitanos on 7 Jan 2009 18:50 I'm hoping that someone out there may have a better solution, but the macro could paste the selected text into a new document, unhide it all, copy it, and close the new document without saving. That's a lot of overhead, but it would work and be FAIRLY transparent :) On Jan 7, 4:25 pm, LordHog <Lord...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 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
From: "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot on 7 Jan 2009 19:01
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" <LordHog(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 |