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Can I make a Word document with text that can be hidden/revealed prior to making a PDF?
I am using Microsoft Word to create multiple PDF files. Each of the PDF's are nearly identical, but where some PDF's have additional text that is not included in the other PDF's. However, due to the complexity of the files, it would become unreasonable to have separate documents. (See the bullet points below.) One solution for this is if there was some way to hide/reveal text depending on a variable; below is some rough pseudo-code showing this idea: var variable = 0; \\I can set this to be 1 or 2, depending on what PDF I want to make [Text Block A] if( variable = 1 ) { [Text Block B] } else if( variable = 2 ) { [Text Block C] } [Text Block D] if( variable = 2 ){ [Text Block E] } By its nature, the text blocks all have the same level of importance, so using headers to reveal/hide information would become confusing. Further, this would leave irrelevant headers in the PDF's (such as a header for Block C when "variable = 1"). Is there a way to implement this idea into Microsoft Word? If not, how else could I create the PDF's in a way that minimizes the amount of copy-and-paste operations? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Reasons why it would be difficult to create multiple documents and use copy-paste: Large portions of the PDF's are identical, so it would be laborious to copy-and-paste between the two documents. Note: The example above is only a portion of the total document. There will likely be more than 20 text blocks that are the same between the two documents. This number could reach triple digits. I need to work on building adjacent text blocks simultaneously, so it would be difficult to go between multiple files while writing the documents. The documents may end up being very long. As a result, I could run out of space on my computer. This can be further compounded if I need more than two different PDF's. The PDF's will be updated over time, so the copy-and-pasting work would need to be repeated every time I want to update the PDF's. Reasons why it would be difficult to create one document and manually edit it to make the other PDF files: The PDF's will have several more blocks of text that need to be hidden/revealed, so making one document and then editing it to make the second would become extremely laborious. Note: The example above is only a portion of the total document. There will likely be more than 20 text blocks that can be hidden/revealed. This number could reach triple digits. It would become difficult to keep track where each text block goes: "Did Text Block B go before or after Text Block A?" I may have more than two PDF's, depending on what the needs of the documents are. Keeping track of the changes would become difficult. The PDF's will be updated over time, so the manual edits would need to be repeated every time I want to update the PDF's. Additional Info: I know of ways to do this in LaTeX, but I wanted to use Microsoft Word since the equation buildup is easier in Microsoft Word than in LaTeX. If you know of a way to make the equation editing in LaTeX similar to how equation editing in Microsoft Word works (namely, having a built-up form that can be edited directly, as opposed to editing the source code), that would work as well. However, my attempts to find a LaTeX compiler that can do this have been fruitless.
Link to Excel on Jump Drive
I have a Word 2013 file with links to various ranges on an Excel file. I had them all on my computer, but now they are on a Jump Drive. Unfortunately with them now on a jump drive, the drive letter can change. Both files are in the same directory. Is there any way to edit the links without the full path? That is, I want to go from F:\Secretary\Minutes\Tables.xlsx to Tables.xlsx
Word lagging on Mac
Hello. I am trying to format a book with styles, 600+ long, to get it ready for InDesign. That means I have to apply character and paragraph styles to all its elements. It's running painfully slow, and takes a few seconds just to select some text, or move from page to page. With a document this large, it's a torture. What I've already tried: • disabling tracking • copying part of the text into a new document to see if smaller file will run better • getting rid of all unneeded styles • getting rid of everything that's not text (some charts and graphs) • contacting Microsoft tech support • uninstalling and reinstalling Word If anyone knows of a possible reason/solution, I'd be very grateful.
Custom TOC nightmare
Hi, really need some help or I might go out of my mind! I'm formatting an ebook for KDP. Has to have a custom TOC at the beginning. I've done this many times (over 40 in fact!) and never had a problem, but this time KDP didn't recognise my TOC, says "Missing" So I went back, re did the TOC from the beginning, followed all the steps. Highlighted each heading and updated Heading one to match, typed in Table of Contents at the beginning, went to References and Auto table of contents 1, then back to References and selected Custom to remove "show pages" and set levels to 1, as Kindle wants. the custom table appears But KDP won't accept it. Still says Missing. Looked for help online and one post said to update the TOC, which I hadn't done. So I went back. Now, I'd highlighted and tagged all chapter headings to Heading One, of course. KDP says to create an Auto 1 version of the TOC first, so I did it all again, and this first TOC, the A1 version, I can update and "update all fields" comes up like normal. When I take the next step and change the TOC to a custom table, as directed by KDP, I cannot update it. No dialogue box appears, nothing. I tried toggle field codes and on the custom table the fields are fine, as they should be. Track changes is off, I've tried re-doing the table many times and the result is the same. I contacted Microsoft help and an operator came into my computer and reloaded Office and 365 and told me this would fix the problem, and it didn't. I contacted them again and the operator told me to do all the steps I had done. Then he told me to try a manual table by typing in the field codes. I did this and nothing happened when I pressed F9 to initiate. He told me to come here. The TOCs were inputted using References, Table of contents, I did not input them manually (aside from the time I tried the above advice). I have tried going back through and tagging the chapter headings to Heading One again, but the same thing just keeps happening; it will update the table if it is Automatic Table 1, but not when I change it to custom. And it has to be custom because ebooks don't have the page numbers showing, and only use Heading One. F9 also does nothing to update the table, and I've tried both Update Table and Update Fields and neither work. I've tried opening the document in a new file, and the same problem happens. So, please help. Why would Word not be updating the custom table, when it will update the Automatic? Any help appreciated.
