Does Word have a Regions-like feature?

[Will Knight]

I wish to write a single document with two target audiences - one technical
and one not. I'd like to only write a single document for maintenance
reasons. I'd also like to be able to put the technical portions in
collapsable/hidable regions (much like the editor in VB.NET) so that the
non-technical people can only view the non-tecnical portions, but the
technical group will be able to expand them and view the entire document.

Is there a way to accomplish this effect in MS Word?

Thanks in advance!

 

[CyberTaz]

One option: Format the technical passages as Hidden (Format> Font - Hidden
checkbox), preferrably with the Hidden attribute as a part of a Style.

 

[Will Knight]

CyberTaz, thanks a ton for your tip. It actually works fairly well except
for tables. Highlighting a table and marking it as Hidden freaks Word out.
It garbles it.

Unfortunately my documents are technical specifications and are riddled with
tables.

I'm trying to combine a functional spec and technical spec in the same
document, but when it is viewed by a functional user, I'd like them to be
able to hide the technical sections so they can just view the parts they're
interested in - the functional requirements.

Thanks again,
Will

 

[Graham Mayor]

I suppose you could put an ASK field in the document eg

{ ASK Tech "Include Technical Data?" \d No }

Then conditionally insert the technical data sections using either
includetext or autotext fields eg

{ IF{ REF Tech } <> "N*" "{ INCLUDETEXT "D:\\My Documents\\TechText.doc"
TextA }" }

where TextA is a bookmarked section from the TechText document that would
contain all the technical items.

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