Hidden Text MSOffice

Hidden text is not printable by default, so it should be removed from the document.

MS Word

Uncheck the Hidden option to display hidden text. Or click Show/Hide on the Standard toolbar — t’s faster. Show/Hide is a toggle, so a second click rehides all the hidden text when you’re ready to put it out of sight.

Viewing all the hidden text can be helpful, but it won’t remove it. To remove all hidden text in a document, do the following:

1. From the Edit menu, click Replace. Or press [Ctrl]+H.

2. Click the Find What control.

3. Click More.

4. Click the Format button and then choose Font from the resulting menu.

5. Check the Hidden option in the Effects section.

6. Click OK

7. Click Replace All and Word will delete any text to which you’ve applied the Hidden format.

Office Word 2007, Office Excel 2007, Office PowerPoint 2007

You can use the Document Inspector to find and remove hidden data and personal information in Office documents that were created in Office Word 2007, Office Excel 2007, Office PowerPoint 2007, and earlier versions of these Office programs.

1. Open the Office document that you want to inspect for hidden data or personal information.

2. Click the Microsoft Office Button, click Save As, and then type a name in the File name box to save a copy of your original document.

Warning: It is a good idea to use the Document Inspector on a copy of your original document because it is not always possible to restore the data that the Document Inspector removes.

3. In the copy of your original document, click the Microsoft Office Button, point to Prepare, and then click Inspect Document.

4. In the Document Inspector dialog box, select the check boxes to choose the types of hidden content that you want to be inspected.

5. Click Inspect.

6. Review the results of the inspection in the Document Inspector dialog box.

7. Click Remove All next to the inspection results for the types of hidden content that you want to remove from your document.

Warning: If you remove hidden content from your document, you might not be able to restore it by clicking Undo.

Removing hidden text could displace other text, so be sure to look the document over well before distributing.

REFERENCES:

How to quickly remove all hidden text in Word

How do I find and remove hidden data and personal information in my Office documents?