IncludeHiddenText Property 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