teacher/student handouts with notes

[Guest]

Hi.

I would like to produce a document for students which is identical to my
(teacher) copy, but with blank lines in the student copy while I have my
notes in my (teacher) copy. When I use "hide text" it collapses the white
space so the outline doesn't have enough room for students to take notes.
Any suggestions?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Put the hidden text inside a textbox without a border.
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[Guest]

Thanks Charles:

I have tried that, and it works, but is kind of "clunky." Is there a more
efficient way of doing it? Is there anyway to use the outlining feature of
Word to accomplish this?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

I'm not aware of any better method. You could simply format your student
area to have a large "space before" or "space after," I suppose. However,
your copy would then also have the additional space. Note, use styles for
your formatting. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm. You may want
to save a borderless textbox with hidden text for your comments as an
AutoText entry.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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[Guest]

Thanks Charles. I appreciate your responses.

gb

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Instead of formatting the text as Hidden, format it as Font Color: White. It
will then occupy the same space but will not print.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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