/text/shared/optionen/01040600.xhp Sun Microsystems, Inc. UFI: spec "Hidden Text in Writer"; dedr: reviewed

non-printing characters (Writer) displaying; non-printing characters (Writer) paragraph marks; displaying (Writer) characters; displaying only on screen (Writer) optional hyphens (Writer) hyphens; displaying custom (Writer) custom hyphens (Writer) spaces; displaying (Writer) spaces; showing protected spaces (Writer) protected spaces; showing (Writer) non-breaking spaces (Writer) tab stops; displaying (Writer) break display (Writer) hidden text;showing (Writer) hidden fields display (Writer) paragraphs; hidden paragraphs (Writer) cursor; allowing in protected areas (Writer) Formatting Aids In $[officename] text and HTML documents, defines the display for certain characters and for the direct cursor.

Display of Defines which non-printing characters are visible on screen. Activate the Non-printing Characters icon on the Standard bar. All characters that you have selected on the Formatting Aids tab page will be displayed. Paragraph end Specifies whether paragraph delimiters are displayed. The paragraph delimiters also contain paragraph format information. Custom hyphens Specifies whether user-defined delimiters are displayed. These are hidden delimiters that you enter within a word by pressing Command+Hyphen(-) Ctrl+Hyphen(-). Words with user-defined delimiters are only separated at the end of a line at the point where a user-defined delimiter has been inserted, irrespective of whether the automatic hyphenation is activated or deactivated. Spaces Specifies whether to represent every space in the text with a dot. Non-breaking spaces Specifies that non-breaking spaces are shown as gray boxes. Non-breaking spaces are not broken at the end of a line and are entered with the Command+Shift+Spacebar Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar shortcut keys. Tabs Specifies that tab stops are displayed as small arrows. Breaks Displays all line breaks inserted with the Shift+Enter shortcut. These breaks create a new line, but do not start a new paragraph. Hidden textUFI: new, although name of control is re-used, see spec "Hidden Text in Writer" Displays text that uses the character format "hidden", when View - Non-printing Characters is enabled. Fields: Hidden text (not for HTML documents)UFI: this is the old "Hidden text" control renamed Displays text that is hidden by Conditional Text or Hidden Text fields. Fields: Hidden paragraphs (not for HTML documents) If you have inserted text using the Hidden Paragraph field, specifies whether to display the hidden paragraph. This option has the same function as the menu commands View - Hidden Paragraphs View - Hidden Paragraphs available in open text documents. Direct cursor (not for HTML documents) Defines all the properties of the direct cursor. Direct cursor Activates the direct cursor. You can also activate this function by clicking the Direct Cursor On/Off Direct Cursor On/Off icon in a text document. Insert (not for HTML document) Defines the insert options for the direct cursor. If you click at any position in your document, a new paragraph can be written or inserted exactly at this position. The properties of this paragraph depend on the selected option. You can select from the following options: Paragraph alignment Sets the paragraph alignment when the direct cursor is used. Depending on where the mouse is clicked, the paragraph is formatted left aligned, centered or right aligned. The cursor before the mouse-click shows, by means of a triangle, which alignment is set. Left paragraph margin When the direct cursor is used, the left paragraph indent is set at the horizontal position where you click the direct cursor. The paragraph is left aligned. Tabs When the direct cursor is used, as many tabs as necessary are added in the new paragraph until the clicked position is reached. Tabs and Spaces When the Direct Cursor is used, a corresponding number of tabs and spaces are inserted in the new paragraph as necessary until the clicked position is reached. All insert options refer only to the current paragraph generated with the Direct Cursor. Cursor in protected areas - Enabled Specifies that you can set the cursor in a protected area, but cannot make any changes.