Hidden Text to the Left of Selection Becomes Part of Selection

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Word for Windows, if your document includes hidden text that is not currently displaying, any hidden text to the immediate left of a highlighted selection becomes included with that selection. If you cut and paste or copy the selection, the hidden text copies or pastes with the selection.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. From the File menu, choose New. Type "aaa1bbb2ccc" (without the quotation marks).

2. Select bbb from the above text. From the Format menu, select Character (Format Font in version 6.0), choose Hidden, and click the OK button.

3. Ensure that the Hidden Text and Display All options are not selected. (From the version 1.x View menu, choose Preferences to verify Hidden Text and Show All are not selected. From the version 2.0 Tools menu, choose Options, and select the View category. Verify that Hidden Text and All are not selected. From the version 6.0 Tools Menu, Choose Options, and select the View Tab Option).

4. Select the number 2 from the text you typed in step 1.

5. Set your display to show Hidden Text by following the appropriate instructions in step 3.

If you type text immediately after making the selection, the text is formatted as hidden text. This text does not display as you type it if the Hidden Text option is not selected. If you copy or paste a selection that includes hidden text to the immediate left of the selection, that hidden text copies with it. Hidden text to the right of the selection is not affected.

To avoid this situation, make sure you select the Hidden Text option to view all hidden text.