Detecting hidden text when it's hidden

[Bear]

When the formatting marks (and hidden text) are toggled off (not showing) in
a document, how can I determine whether or not the selection contains hidden
text? Or whether the paragraph before or after the selection is hidden?

I'm trying to put a frame around the selected paragraphs, anchored in the
following paragraph. But if a hidden paragraph precedes the selection, it
somehow always gets included in the framed material.

Similarly, if a hidden paragraphs follows the selection, the frame gets
anchored in the hidden paragraph. (I'm sure that will be a problem.)

I just need to detect hidden paragraphs and warn the user. But how?

Bear

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?QmVhcg==?=,

When the formatting marks (and hidden text) are toggled off (not showing) in
a document, how can I determine whether or not the selection contains hidden
text? Or whether the paragraph before or after the selection is hidden?

I'm trying to put a frame around the selected paragraphs, anchored in the
following paragraph. But if a hidden paragraph precedes the selection, it
somehow always gets included in the framed material.

Similarly, if a hidden paragraphs follows the selection, the frame gets
anchored in the hidden paragraph. (I'm sure that will be a problem.)

I just need to detect hidden paragraphs and warn the user. But how?

One possibility would be to use the TextRetrievalMode. For example, you could
query the range once with IncludeHiddenText set to True, and again with it set
to false. compare the two results. If they're different, there's likely hidden
text...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Bear]

Cindy:

Perfect! Thanks a bunch!

Bear