Hiding a control

You can display information to other document designers in Design Mode, while hiding it from users viewing the document in Interactive Mode, Editable Mode, Express Mode, or Flash Mode. For instance, you could include a note in a text field about the source of data. You then hide the text field. You achieve this by placing the content you want to hide into a control, and then hiding that control. You can hide entire sections of a document. You can hide the following types of controls:

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• Grid/Graphs

• Images

• Lines

• Panel stacks

• Rectangles and rounded rectangles

• Selectors

• Text fields

To hide a control in Interactive Mode, Editable Mode, Express Mode, or Flash Mode

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1. Open the document in Design Mode.

2. Add one of the controls listed above.

3. Right-click the control that you want to hide and select Properties and Formatting. The Properties and Formatting dialog box opens.

4. From the left, select General.

5. Clear the Visible check box. This control will not be displayed in Interactive Mode, Editable Mode, Express Mode, or Flash Mode, although it will continue to be visible in Design Mode.

6. To view the results, switch to Interactive Mode, Editable Mode, Express Mode, or Flash Mode.