Special Edition Using Microsoft® Word 2000

Hiding Character Formatting

You've already learned that Word hides paragraph formatting while you're working in Outline view. However, it displays font (character) formatting. If your headings are especially large, or if they are formatted in display typefaces, you might find that character formatting makes working with your outline difficult.

To display text without displaying its formatting, click the Show/Hide Formatting button on the Outlining toolbar. You can see the results in Figure 15.12.

Figure 15.12. Word can display all outline headings and body text as unformatted text.

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