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 Export
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Hidden Data Type | Default Behavior |
Configuration API Parameter |
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Microsoft Word |
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Comments1Word comment settings can also be toggled with a configuration parameter in the formats_e.ini file. See Toggle Word Comment Settings in the formats_e.ini File. | Shown2Shown by default in documents from Microsoft Word 97 and later. | |
Hidden text | Hidden | |
Date field codes | Calculated date | |
File name field codes | Document file name | |
Microsoft Excel |
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Hidden information | Hidden | |
Comments | Hidden | |
Formulas | Calculated value | |
Microsoft PowerPoint |
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Hidden slides | Shown | |
Comments | Shown3Shown by default in Microsoft PowerPoint 97 to 2000 documents. | |
Comments slide | Hidden |
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Slide notes5PowerPoint slide note settings can also be toggled with a configuration parameter in the formats_e.ini file. See Toggle PowerPoint Slide Note Settings in the formats_e.ini File. | 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).
Microsoft Word 97 to 2003 comment settings can also be controlled through a parameter in the formats_e.ini
file.
The formats_e.ini
file is in the directory install\OS\bin
, 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 1
to hide comments. For example:
[Options] WP_NOCOMMENTS=1
NOTE: The CFG_WP_NOCOMMENTS
configuration API flag overrides the setting in formats_e.ini
.
Microsoft PowerPoint slide note settings can also be controlled through a parameter in the formats_e.ini
file.
The formats_e.ini
file is in the directory install\OS\bin
, 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 0
to hide slide notes. For example:
[Options] ShowSlideNotes=1
NOTE: The CFG_PG_SHOWSLIDENOTES
configuration API flag overrides the setting in formats_e.ini
.
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