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Showing Hidden Hot Spots

Invisible hot spot types, such as Invisible Keyword and Topic Properties, are not visible in help targets and Word source documents. The Show Hidden Hot Spots button  available on the D2HML Styles toolbar in Word allows you to show any invisible hot spots in your source document, making it easier to see all formatted text.

Note: The Show Hidden Hot Spots button is not available in the FrontPage D2HML Styles toolbar, because all styles are visible in HTML source documents in Design view. Click the Preview tab to see how the styles will look in the help target.

The following hot spot types are invisible by default in Word:

 

 Invisible Keyword

 Topic Properties

 Invisible Group

 Expanding Text

 Invisible Link Tag

 Dropdown Text

 Context ID

 Popup Text

 

To make your hidden hot spots visible:

      Click the Show Hidden Hot Spots button  on the D2HML Styles toolbar. The Show Hidden Hot Spots dialog box appears.

      Select All Hot Spots, or you can choose the individual hot spot types you would like to make visible.

      Select Apply to all documents with this template if you would like your selections in this dialog box to apply to any other Word documents that have the same template attached.

      You also have the option of being prompted to show all hidden hot spots when you format text as one of the invisible hot spot types. The Prompt to show all hot spots on adding invisible hot spot is checked by default. In Word, when you format text as one of the invisible hot spot types, the following dialog box opens:

      Click Yes to show hidden hot spots. If you choose No, you can always make them visible later by using the Show Hidden Hot Spots button and dialog box. If you do not want this dialog box to appear, and you do not want to make all hidden hot spots visible, uncheck the Prompt to show all hot spots on adding invisible hot spot checkbox in the Show Hidden Hot Spots dialog box.