Q: Hidden Text Bounds..

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Iroel Perez - 10 Nov 2004 18:31 GMT

Hello there,

I am looking for a way to find the segments of hidden text in a MS Word's
Paragraph. I wonder if there is a way to do it without iterating through
every single character's Font in the paragraph, which is IMO a very
inefficient way.

Any idea or hint is appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
-Iroel

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Jezebel - 10 Nov 2004 21:28 GMT

You can use Word's own Find function, which is probably simplest. Make sure
hidden text is displayed, leave the Find field blank but select Formatting >
Font > Hidden.

For a more efficient VBA method, you can check the Hidden property of any
range (eg the entire paragraph) -- if the range contains *some* hidden text,
the property will return 999999 -- and thus you need to check further.

And for all that, checking each character may be inefficient, but it's still
extremely quick.

> Hello there,
>
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> Thanks in advance,
> -Iroel

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