Hiding ActiveX Control When Converting To PDF

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Hello MS users,



I'm a relatively new user to VBA in Word (2 months).

I have created a macro-enabled template with some content controls and added an ActiveX button that scans the document for any controls with illogical content (e.g. numbers in a character field).

I wish to have this button hidden when I convert the document to PDF (and hence the final version).

If possible, I don't want users to have to delete the button manually prior to converting to PDF.

Is there any way I can achieve this through VBA?

Thank you.