Microsoft Office Question - Use Mouse To Make Text Appear (1 Viewer)

[James Daulton]

I've done some searching and I think this can't be done but I'll wait until the FFA shoots me down before I abandon the idea.

I want to write an email so that part of the text of the email is hidden until the receiver highlights the missing part by dragging his mouse over it.  Tried changing fonts, text boxes, even inserting hyperlinks and nothing seems to do the trick.

Any thoughts you emailing madmen? 

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Yeah, don't think Word allows that. You can select the Font and change it to "Hidden" but then they have to go in and "unhide" it. I think that's about as close as you can get. Option B would be to just make the text white on a white background and then have them highlight it and change the font color back to something visible. 

 

[James Daulton]

Yeah, don't think Word allows that. You can select the Font and change it to "Hidden" but then they have to go in and "unhide" it. I think that's about as close as you can get. Option B would be to just make the text white on a white background and then have them highlight it and change the font color back to something visible. 

You are vastly overestimating the capabilities of my audience here.  

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

You are vastly overestimating the capabilities of my audience here.  

 have you tried a carrier pigeon? 

 

[Fred Lane]

Hyperlink is the way to go.  Create a hyperlink and type what you want into the address section.  In the "text to display", but a blank space.  This will show up as just an underline on the document.  Lastly, highlight the underline and click underline on/off until it disappears...

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Hyperlink is the way to go.  Create a hyperlink and type what you want into the address section.  In the "text to display", but a blank space.  This will show up as just an underline on the document.  Lastly, highlight the underline and click underline on/off until it disappears...

Brilliant.  I had my sample text still sitting here on a document. Made it a link. Then formatted it white. Works like a charm. Didn't even have to do the underline thing.