Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents contain hidden information, some of which is shown by default when exported and some of which is hidden by default. There are several options that allow you to determine which types of hidden data are shown.
You can show several types of hidden data from Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents, each of which has a corresponding parameter in the Export
class, which you can set to change the default behavior. Hidden data settings lists each data type, its default behavior, and its corresponding configuration parameter.
Hidden Data Type |
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Microsoft Word |
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Comments1You can also toggle Word comment settings with a configuration parameter in the formats_e.ini file. See “Toggle Word Comment Settings in the formats_e.ini File” on page 135. |
Shown2Shown by default in Microsoft Word 97 to 2003 documents. |
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Hidden |
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Calculated date |
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Document file name |
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Microsoft Excel |
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Hidden |
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Hidden |
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Calculated value |
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Microsoft PowerPoint |
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Shown |
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Shown3Shown by default in Microsoft PowerPoint 97 to 2000 documents. |
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Hidden |
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Slide notes5You can also toggle PowerPoint slide note settings with a configuration parameter in the formats_e.ini file. See “Toggle PowerPoint Slide Note Settings in the formats_e.ini File” on page 135. |
Hidden |
To toggle the display of hidden data
Use the setConfigOption
method of the Export
object, and set the config
parameter to one of the options listed in Hidden data settings. Setting a hidden data parameter changes the default behavior.
For example:
objExport.setConfigOption(Export.CFG_WP_SHOWHIDDENTEXT);
In this case, the configuration parameter ensures that hidden text in Microsoft Word documents is shown (it is hidden by default).
You can also control Microsoft Word 97 to 2003 comment settings through a parameter in the formats_e.ini
file.
The formats_e.ini
file is in the install\OS\bin
directory, where install
is the path name of the Export installation directory and OS
is the name of the operating system.
To toggle comment output in formats_e.ini
Open the formats_e.ini
file in a text editor.
Under [Options]
, add the WP_NOCOMMENTS
parameter and set it to 0
to show comments, or to 1
to hide comments. For example:
[Options] WP_NOCOMMENTS=1
CFG_WP_NOCOMMENTS
configuration API flag overrides the setting in formats_e.ini
.You can also control Microsoft PowerPoint slide note settings through a parameter in the formats_e.ini
file.
The formats_e.ini
file is in the install\OS\bin
directory, where install
is the path name of the Export installation directory and OS
is the name of the operating system.
To toggle slide note output in formats_e.ini
Open the formats_e.ini
file in a text editor.
Under [Options]
, add the ShowSlideNotes
parameter and set it to 1
to show slide notes, or to 0
to hide slide notes. For example:
[Options] ShowSlideNotes=1
KVCFG_PG_SHOWSLIDENOTES
configuration API flag overrides the setting in formats_e.ini
.
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