Writer Guide

To show hidden paragraphs so you can edit them, do one of the
following:
• Select View > Hidden Paragraphs from the menu bar, so it is
checked (shows all hidden paragraphs).
• On the Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org Writer >
Formatting Aids page, select the Fields: Hidden paragraphs
option (shows all hidden paragraphs).
• Double-click in front of the variable that you used to define the
condition for hiding the text, and enter a different value for the
variable (shows all hidden paragraphs).
• Double-click in front of the hidden text field or the hidden
paragraph field, and change the condition statement (changes
only the selected hidden paragraph).
Hidden sections
A conditional section is hidden if the condition is true. To create a
conditional section:
1) Select the text that you want to be included in the conditional
section. (You can edit this text later, just as you can edit any other
text.)
2) Click Insert > Section. On the Insert Section dialog box (Figure
396), select Hide and enter the condition in the with Condition
box. You can also give the section a name, if you wish (strongly
recommended, so you can find it again easily if you have several
sections in your document).
3) Click Insert to insert the section into your document.
To show a hidden section so you can edit it:
1) Click Format > Sections.
2) On the Edit Sections dialog box (similar to the Insert Section
dialog box), select the section from the list.
3) Deselect Hide, and then click OK. You can now edit the contents
of the section. Afterwards, you can click Format > Sections
again and select Hide to hide the section again.
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