IncludeHiddenText Property

Applies To

TextRetrievalMode object.

Description

True if the text retrieved from the specified range includes hidden text. Read/write Boolean.

Note The default value is the same as the current setting of the Hidden text option on the View tab in the Options dialog box (Tools menu) until this property has been set. Use the Text property with a Range object to retrieve text from the specified range.

See Also

Hidden property, IncludeFieldCodes property, Text property, TextRetrievalMode object.

Example

This example displays the text of the first sentence in the active document in a message box. The example uses the IncludeHiddenText property to include hidden text.

Set myRange = ActiveDocument.Sentences(1)
myRange.TextRetrievalMode.IncludeHiddenText = True
MsgBox myRange.Text

This example posts a message if the entire selection is formatted as hidden text.

If Selection.Type = wdSelectionNormal Then
    Set myRange = Selection.Range
    myRange.TextRetrievalMode.IncludeHiddenText = False
    If myRange.Text = "" Then MsgBox "Selection is hidden"
End If