Microsoft Word question.....?

Question

Is it possible in MS Word (2003 I'm currently using) to have a table with a hidden section and a button to reveal and hide it again as needed?

Fofr example, embedded in a word doc I have a table that shows staff names in column A and details of their hours worked during the year in column B.

In the rows between each member of staff it lists the hours worked broken down by week. These weekly hours rows are to be hidden unless I need to specifically see them by "expanding the table" and hidden again when not needed.

I hope I've explained that well enough that someone will know how to help!

Grateful for any assistance.

Answer 1

Insert a white square with a white border into your document and format it to be in front of text. Then place it and resize it to cover the area you want to hide. When you want to view/print the hidden area, just change the fill colour to transparent.

Answer 2

there are 2 types of password protection in Microsoft Office applications





Type 1:



Which protects the file from opening.



Type 2:



Which allows the users to open the file but would not allow them to edit it.



So if u have a location where you want to keep the file and allow every 1 to access only the data which is visibile is possible and there is no way they could see the data that is hidden on the other hand you(or any 1 with the password) could see the hidden data.



Hope that helps from what i understand from ur question.



If that's not what u r looking for my suggestion is to try and frame the question in a different manner.

Answer 3

The only way I can think of to do this in Word, though it is a longway round, is to create some macros to perform the actions you want but really, the best thing is to use Excel. I mean, you can make Excel look just like a normal table as if it were in Word. But if you are the only person that has access to this file, then why do you need to hide any of the data. Surely the best way round would be to password protect the file so unauthorised users cannot open it.

Answer 4

Excel does have the ability to to hide columns - you could embed an Excel spreadsheet in a Word document.

Answer 5

I know what you are talking about. I had this problem a few years ago and then i realized that OpenOffice does that. It is free. Just be sure to save as .doc or .docx if you get it.