Font.Hidden Property

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True if the font is formatted as hidden text. Read/write Long.

Syntax

expression.Hidden

expression   Required. A variable that represents a Font object.

Remarks

This property returns True, False or wdUndefined (a mixture of True and False). Can be set to True, False, or wdToggle.

To control the display of hidden text, use the ShowHiddenText property of the View object.

To control whether properties and methods that return Range objects include or exclude hidden text when hidden text isn't displayed, use the IncludeHiddenText property of the TextRetrievalMode object.

Example

This example checks the selection for hidden text.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Then
    If Selection.Font.Hidden = wdUndefined or _
            Selection.Font.Hidden = True Then
        MsgBox "There is hidden text in the selection."
    Else
        MsgBox "No hidden text in the selection."
    End If
Else
    MsgBox "You need to select some text."
End If

This example makes all hidden text in the active window visible and then formats the selection as hidden text.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.View.ShowHiddenText = True
If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Then _
    Selection.Font.Hidden = True

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