atw: Re: Conditional text in Word- does ir exist?
- From: Elizabeth Fullerton <Elizabeth_Fullerton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:55:00 +1100
Hi Ana
You could probably use styles to define the different content, then change the
style definitions to "hidden" before printing, but you would have to make sure
the printing options don't include "Print hidden text".
I don't know what it would do to pagination and things like TOCs, but it would
probably be easy enough to test.
I haven't played with hidden text on 2007 - I assume the print option is still
around on that.
Regards
Elizabeth Fullerton, CBAP
Business Solutions Architect
Infosys Australia
Ph: +61 3 9680 2000
Fax: +61 3 9860 2999
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From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Ana Young [ana_young2000@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, 16 October 2009 4:51 PM
To: AusTech
Subject: atw: Conditional text in Word- does ir exist?
Hi,
I have been away from the "pure" Word development of documentation and
(possibly) I have been spoiled by having used (extensively) all the perks of a
good application to develop online help (Flare).
I have inherited two, almost identical, Word documents – one for customers and
one for internal staff. I would like to merge them into one and apply
conditional text appropriately, so that I can then have two different versions
using the same source. For maintenance and reviewing purposes that would make
everyone’s life much easier.
I have been trying to see if Word has this functionality added in and, to my
surprise, it seems that it does not – I am using Word 2007 (and I remember
using it in FrameMaker a very long time ago).
Apart from buying a plug-in, which I doubt I will be allowed to do, is there
another way to do this? If I have all the “internal” text as hidden text, will
this do the trick? Can the removal of hidden text (when you print) correctly
cater for pagination?
I know that it is late on a Friday and people are attending the conference, but
I was wondering if there is someone out there that has an answer.
Regards,
Ana
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