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    Protect hidden instruction text

    Hi Forum,

    For a word document template I use hidden text as instruction text. To avoid unattended deleting or editing (and hidden text is showed) I have made it also protected with content control. It only works if I include a space before the instruction text. This gives confusion for users if the cursor is placed on that space, because its protected. See attachment.
    Has anyone experience with this and can give a solution.

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    Re: Protect hidden instruction text

    Sorry, now is the attachment available.
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    Re: Protect hidden instruction text

    There is no need for the 'space'. See attached.
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    Thank You Paul.
    For the smaller instruction texts it works very well. I have to figure out the set up for larger instruction texts.

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    Re: Protect hidden instruction text

    Here's another approach, using a hyperlink to the content itself, via a bookmark. It's probably more secure, though, if you put the content you want the instruction text to relate to inside a Content Control and bookmark the Content Control.
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    Protect hidden instruction text

    Thanks for that Edward. Works a treat I suppose that if you want a background for the text, you would only put that on only one of those video tracks. If I remember correctly, the top most track has first priority, so the next track down would have the background?

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