hidden tables keep reappearing

[saddingt]

I'm writing a textbook, and trying to write the instructor's manual
simultaneously by using a hidden text style for comments to
instructors. Works fine, except that when I have a table that I hide,
the empty grid reappears whenever I save the file. (The text in the
table is hidden.) I have tried preceding the table with extra lines and
text, and this doesn't help.

I am using Word 2004, v. 11.2

Thanks in advance.
Susan Addington

 

[CyberTaz]

If I understand what you're asking for the best you can do readily is turn
off the Gridlines & remove the Borders so that the table structure doesn't
*display* - unlike text, however, you can't apply a Hidden property to the
table, itself. The space it occupies will still be apparent even if the text
content of the table is hidden. AFAIK, this behavior can't be modified,
although a VBA solution may be possible.

 

[saddingt]

If I understand what you're asking for the best you can do readily is turn
off the Gridlines & remove the Borders so that the table structure doesn't
*display* - unlike text, however, you can't apply a Hidden property to the
table, itself. The space it occupies will still be apparent even if the text
content of the table is hidden. AFAIK, this behavior can't be modified,
although a VBA solution may be possible.

Yes, you have understood my problem. Phooey.

I came up with a kludge: take a screen snapshot of the table, store it
in another file, then paste in and hide the picture of the table.

Susan Addington

 

[Clive Huggan]

Yes, you have understood my problem. Phooey.

I came up with a kludge: take a screen snapshot of the table, store it
in another file, then paste in and hide the picture of the table.

Susan Addington

Now that's *clever*, Susan! Thank you for the idea!

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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