| User | Thread poster: Charlotte Langbeen Word 2007 - Hidden text - ON/OFF - Shortcut/Macro? |
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Charlotte Langbeen 
United States
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Does anyone know a shortcut to turn "Hidden text" on/off in Windows 2007 (Vista OS) with the press of one or two buttons? Or would it be possible to create a macro that would allow me to do that?
Right now, I press the "Office" button, then the "Word options", then "Display and then "Hidden text" and "OK". grrrrrrrr ... too time consuming.
I would love to assign the function to a F? button.
If you know how to create a macro, will you make it step-by-step instructions?
I would REALLY appreciate it.
Charlotte
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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 11:46
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Danish to English
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| | This works in XP... | Oct 7, 2009 |
The shortcut I use with XP is Ctrl + , (Ctrl + comma).
If you are working with a CAT (= Trados or Wordfast), you may have to do that twice. It then cycles between three views:
1. Hidden text hidden
2. CAT codes and source text visible
3. CAT codes & source text + formatting (hard line breaks, tabulator arrows, spaces between words etc. etc.) all visible.
Pressing Ctrl + , a third time returns you to where you started.
But I don't know whether it will work with Vista.
I use it all the time - the other method is far too complicated!
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Lori Cirefice
France
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CTRL + comma + comma
Works just fine in Word 2007
[Edited at 2009-10-07 14:50 GMT]
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Sylvie Eschkotte
Germany
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Without Trados or Wf
Ctrl+Shift + 8 = Ctrl +(
[Modifié le 2009-10-07 16:39 GMT]
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Charlotte Langbeen
United States
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Member (2002)
English to Danish
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TOPIC STARTER | | Did not work for me.... | Oct 7, 2009 |
Thank you for your quick answers.
I don't know why. But using ctrl + , (komma) does not change anything.
Ctrl+Shift + 8 = Ctrl +( only lets me see formatting codes, which I am not interested in.
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T o b i a s
| | Dirty but works. | Oct 7, 2009 |
Word 7
1 Developer Tab
2 Record Macro
3 Give name - something like SeeHiddenText
4 Use the mouse to select the string of options (as in your original question)
5 Stop recording macro
6 Customize Quick access toolbar and add your new macro:
a) More commands
b) Choose comands from >> macros
c) Add Normal.newmacros.Seehiddenttext
d) Modify, by selecting intuitive looking icon
Repeat above steps for "hide hidden text'. Probably, somebody who knows how to program could do all of this with one button. However, programming, everything using two buttons on the Quick Access Toolbar is quite quick, if not so elegant.
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Sylvie Eschkotte
Germany
Local time: 11:46
Member (2006)
German to French
| | Ctrl+Shift +H | Oct 7, 2009 |
Charlotte Langbeen wrote:
I don't know why. But using ctrl + , (komma) does not change anything.
Ctrl+Shift + 8 = Ctrl +( only lets me see formatting codes, which I am not interested in.
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Then Ctrl+Shift +H ?
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Esteban Flamini
Argentina
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| | A Word Basic macro | Oct 7, 2009 |
Hi, if the Ctrl+comma combination doesn't work in your computer, you can do the following:
1. Go to Tools > Macro > Record New Macro
2. In the dialog box which appears, give some name for the macro (for example, AlternateHiddenText). Make a note of this name!
3. Press the "keyboard" icon.
4. In the new dialog box, select a hotkey for your macro (for example, Ctrl+comma or whatever) in the text field which is provided for that. CAUTION: if the hotkey is already assigned to something else, the dialog box will let you know. In this case, delete the hotkey definitition and type a new one in the field. (Check that the "Save changes" option is set to "Normal.dot".)
5. Hit "Close".
6. A toolbar with just two buttons (a "record" button and a "stop" button) will appear. Press the "stop" button.
7. Now, this is not for the faint of heart! Go to Tools > Macro > Macros.
8. A dialog box will appear, showing all your recorded macros. Look for the one you created in Step 2, select it, and choose Modify.
9. A new Macro Edition window will appear, and you will see something like this:
Sub MacroName()
'
' MacroName Macro
' Macro recorded 15/05/04 by YourName
'
End Sub
Edit the contents of the macro, so it looks like this. (Be VERY CAREFUL not to overwrite anything else):
Sub MacroName()
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' MacroName Macro
' Macro recorded 15/05/04 by YourName
'
With ActiveWindow
With .View
.ShowHiddenText = Not .ShowHiddenText
End With
End With
End Sub
10. Close the macro edition window. You can start using your new macro (or send me a little notice if something goes wrong). (By the way, what you have just done is programming a macro with Visual Basic for Applications.)
Good luck!
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Daniel Weston
United States
Member (2008)
French to English
| | hit the paragraph sign | Oct 7, 2009 |
In Word 2007, just hit the paragraph sign. It toggles the hidden characters on and off, too
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Katherine Mérignac
France
Local time: 11:46
Member (2004)
French to English
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Esteban Flamini wrote:
You can start using your new macro
Good luck! |
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Thanks Esteban - I can't believe it, thanks to you I've just created my first macro and it actually works
K
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Tomas Mosler
Czech Republic
Local time: 11:46
Member (2008)
English to Czech
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| | Thanks, too! | Dec 15, 2009 |
I second thanks, Esteban!
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