IBM Lotus Symphony


Hiding characters

In documents, you can hide some characters that you do not want to print.

Microsoft Word 2003

In Microsoft® Word 2003, perform the following steps to hide characters:

  1. Select the text that you want to hide.
  2. Click Format > Font.
  3. On the Font tab, select Hidden in the Effects field.
  4. Click OK. You can see that the selected text is hidden.
  5. You can display the hidden text after hiding it. Click Tools > Options. On the View tab, select Hidden text in the Formatting marks field. You can see the hidden text is displayed, but the text cannot be printed.

IBM® Lotus Symphony Documents

In Lotus® Symphony™ Documents, you can also hide the text that you do not want to print.

  1. Select the text that you want to hide.
  2. Click Layout > Properties > Text Properties.
  3. On the Effects tab, select Hidden. You can see that the selected text is hidden.
  4. To display the hidden text, click View > Nonprinting Characters. You can see the hidden text is displayed, but the text cannot be printed.

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