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Hide Text in Writer

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Foreword

The video shows how to "Hide Text in Writer - LibreOffice" and links to this page here, which provides further information and details.

Source of this Wiki description: How to Show/Hide Hidden Text in Writer?

Link to the Video

Link to the Video (in German [DE]):

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Hide Text

To easily hide text and make it visible again, you need two functions working together.

Create Character Style "Hide"

Create a new Character Style called "Hide".

Select the character styles in the sidebar ( Ctrl + F5 ) at Styles.

Right-click on the Character Style "No Character Style"

Select New from the Context menu.

In the dialog, enter the name "Hide" in the "Organiser" tab.

In the "Font Effects" tab, place a check mark next to "Hidden".

Click OK.

Place a check mark next to "Hidden Characters"

Choose Tools ▸ Options ▸ LibreOfficeWriter ▸ Formatting Aids from the menu.

In the " Options - LibreOffice Writer - Formatting Aids" dialog, in the "Display Formatting" section, check "Hidden Characters" (Hides the selected characters).

Click OK.

Hide Characters

Select the characters you want to hide.

Double-click on the "Hide" Character Style.

In the "Standard" menu, you can now use the "Toggle Formatting Marks" icon , ( Ctrl + F10 ), to hide the corresponding text and show it again.

When the text intended for hiding is shown, it is underlined by means of a thin dotted line.

Set Character back to normal

If you want to have the text intended for hiding back to normal,select the text.

Double-click on the Character Style "No Character Style".

The text will be displayed again as before.

Further Informations

Work files

With this document you can test how text is hidden and shown.

"80051 HB How to Show or Hide Hidden Text in Writer.odt"

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Source of this Wiki description: How to Show/Hide Hidden Text in Writer?

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