Re: [libreoffice-users] Hide sections from printed outputs

At 09:10 17/05/2011 -0700, Mohith Manoj wrote:
> I was wondering how to hide a section automatically (by using 
> condition of course) from printed / PDF outputs.
>
> We just migrated to LibreOffice and my team is preparing templates 
> for our quality documents. We were planning to put usage hints in 
> such 'sections' so that it will be easy for the user to get adjusted 
> to the document template, at the same time it won't bother the 
> printer at all. I understand that using 'set variables' the same is 
> possible, but that would leave the task of resetting the variable to 
> my poor or rather unforgiving users. Text frames would have been 
> ideal if they didn't leave large empty spaces behind once hidden.

If I understand you correctly, I think you can do this without conditions:
o  Select the relevant text.
o  Go to Format | Character... | Font Effects (or right-click | 
Character... | Font Effects), and tick Hidden.
o  Go to Tools | Options... | LibreOffice Writer | Formatting Aids | 
Display of, and tick "Hidden text".
o  Go to Tools | Options... | LibreOffice Writer | Print | Contents, 
and ensure that "Hidden text" is *not* ticked.

The marked text will now be visible in the editing screen but not in 
Page Preview or printed output or material exported to PDF.

You can do this with a section, but only (it seems) if you hide the 
text in the section, not the section itself.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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