1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3<!--*********************************************************** 4 * 5 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7 * distributed with this work for additional information 8 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12 * 13 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14 * 15 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 16 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 17 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 18 * KIND, either express or implied. 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For example, using the variable you previously defined, enter <item type="literal">Hide==1</item>.</paragraph> 80</listitem> 81<listitem> 82<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153371" role="listitem" l10n="U">Type the text that you want to hide in the <emph>Hidden text</emph> box.</paragraph> 83</listitem> 84<listitem> 85<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154233" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click <item type="menuitem">Insert</item> and <item type="menuitem">Close</item>.</paragraph> 86</listitem> 87</list> 88<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154256" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">To Hide a Paragraph</paragraph> 89<list type="ordered"> 90<listitem> 91<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154853" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click in the paragraph where you want to add the text.</paragraph> 92</listitem> 93<listitem> 94<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154872" role="listitem" l10n="U">Choose <emph>Insert - Fields - Other</emph> and click the <emph>Functions</emph> tab.</paragraph> 95</listitem> 96<listitem> 97<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155902" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click "Hidden Paragraph" in the <emph>Type</emph> list.</paragraph> 98</listitem> 99<listitem> 100<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155947" role="listitem" l10n="U">Enter a statement in the <item type="menuitem">Condition</item> box. For example, using the variable you previously defined, enter <item type="literal">Hide==1</item>.</paragraph> 101</listitem> 102<listitem> 103<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149991" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click <item type="menuitem">Insert</item> and <item type="menuitem">Close</item>.</paragraph> 104</listitem> 105</list> 106<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3793450" role="note" l10n="NEW">You must enable this feature by removing the check mark from menu <emph>View - Hidden Paragraphs</emph>. When the check mark is set, you cannot hide any paragraph.</paragraph> 107<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3148675" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U">To Hide a Section</paragraph> 108<list type="ordered"> 109<listitem> 110<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148697" role="listitem" l10n="U">Select the text that you want to hide in your document.</paragraph> 111</listitem> 112<listitem> 113<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153019" role="listitem" l10n="U">Choose <emph>Insert - Section</emph>.</paragraph> 114</listitem> 115<listitem> 116<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148950" role="listitem" l10n="U">In the <item type="menuitem">Hide</item> area, select <item type="menuitem">Hide</item>, and then enter an expression in the <item type="menuitem">Condition</item> box. For example, using the variable you previously defined, enter <item type="literal">Hide==1</item>.</paragraph> 117</listitem> 118<listitem> 119<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153636" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click <item type="menuitem">Insert</item>.</paragraph> 120</listitem> 121</list> 122<section id="relatedtopics"> 123<embed href="text/swriter/guide/conditional_text.xhp#conditional_text"/> 124<embed href="text/swriter/guide/fields_userdata.xhp#fields_userdata"/> 125<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3846858" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/swriter/guide/hidden_text_display.xhp" name="Displaying Hidden Text">Displaying Hidden Text</link></paragraph> 126<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8148442" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/swriter/guide/nonprintable_text.xhp" name="Creating Non-printing Text">Creating Non-printing Text</link></paragraph> 127<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148603" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><link href="text/swriter/01/04090000.xhp" name="Insert - Fields - Other">Insert - Fields - Other</link></paragraph> 128<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147011" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><link href="text/swriter/01/04020000.xhp" name="Insert - Section">Insert - Section</link></paragraph> 129<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147029" role="paragraph" l10n="U"><link href="text/swriter/02/14020000.xhp" name="List of Operators">List of Operators</link></paragraph> 130</section> 131</body> 132</helpdocument> 133