Re: teacher/student handouts with notes

Charles Kenyon

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Sep 29, 2005, 4:06:24 PM9/29/05

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Put the hidden text inside a textbox without a border.
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"Graham B" <Graham B...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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?

Graham B

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Sep 29, 2005, 8:04:03 PM9/29/05

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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

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Sep 30, 2005, 2:56:41 PM9/30/05

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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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Graham B

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Sep 30, 2005, 5:26:03 PM9/30/05

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Thanks Charles. I appreciate your responses.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill

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Oct 5, 2005, 11:18:24 AM10/5/05

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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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