Word - Copy without Hidden Text/Comments 1

[rocmills]

I am using Word 2000 SP3, on a W2K machine.

I have several documents that are about 50% hidden text/comments. I would like to copy the *visible* text only to a new document... but whenever I select ALL and copy and paste, the hidden text is imported into my new document. Is there a way to get around this? It is possible to tell Word you only want to copy the visible text?

Thanks in advance!


--Roc
"Whatever one man can dream, another can accomplish" - Jules Verne

 

[nberryman]

Instead of paste use Edit Paste Special and try the options there.

May do it



Neil Berryman
IT Trainer
neil_berryman@btopenworld.com

 

[rocmills]

Neil,

Thanks for the tip. I tried the paste special, and it sort of works. It copies the visible text only, but it also removes all formatting from the data. This isn't *too* awful, as it is much easier to reformat than to copy and paste a 20 page document one paragraph at a time. However, I'm still holding out hope that there is a way to copy visible text only without losing any formatting.

Thanks again!


--Roc
"Whatever one man can dream, another can accomplish" - Jules Verne