Deliberate non-printing text

[Guest]

I am trying to place some text into a document/template which will tell
people to read/change a specific part of the document. I would like this
text to appear on the screen but not print out. Kinda like a sticky note I
suppose. I thought I could do this with "comment" but this appears to print
out as well. Any ideas if word2003 is able to do this? Thanks

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

You can use hidden text but it takes up physical space in the document.

 

[Guest]

Unfortunately this hides the text completely. I was hoping it would appear on
the screen like the comment field without printing out.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

You can set hidden text to show, but not to print. See the View and Print
tabs of Tools | Options.

However, you can only set it on your computer--forcing those settings to
travel with the document is unlikely to work very well.

 

[Guest]

1. To show Hidden text you can click a Show/Hide icon (like a back to front
letter P) on the toolbar, this will show or hide formatting marks AND any
hidden text.

2. Re using an inserted comment: if you click View/Markup this toggles
between displaying (and printing) the comment and not displaying or printing
the comment.

I do agree though that this is a clumsy way of doing it. I have often
wanted to insert a non-printing comment, like a post it note. You'll
probably find there are little programs/utilities to do this.