Using Navigation with Heading Styles, But for Only Specific Sections

[ModifyInc]

I've created a questions and answers Word document, and I'm trying to make the answers section under each question temporarily hidden. Using the Heading styles in Word seems perfect for this, since the user can click the navigation arrow beside the text that says "Click to Show Answer".



The problem is, there doesn't seem to be a way to turn this off for the next question. So, if I hide the answers to the first question, then everything after those answers is also hidden. It forces me to create another Heading style for the next question, which is not what I want, because I need the questions to always be visible to the user.

Any suggestions?

[Charles Kenyon]

You can collapse all headings in the document. The user setting to expand them when opening will override this, though.


You can create a Table of Contents that only has the questions if you want.


The Navigation Pane display choices are not subject to any options of which I am aware.

[Charles Kenyon]

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[ModifyInc]

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

Cross-posted at MS Answers - Using Navigation with Heading Styles, But for Only Specific Sections

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Sorry about the cross-posting, never thought of it being an issue or disrespectful. At first, I was taken back, and went immediately in defense mode, but then I knew I had to put myself in their shoes to fully grasp what was being said.

Regarding my question though, I have found that using the Section Break/Next Page resolves my issue. I'm not crazy about using Section Breaks because they can cause other issues, but it does work for exactly what I was describing I needed.

[Charles Kenyon]

• What gets carried over when you start a new section?
• Working with sections by Dave Rado, MVP

I am unsure what using a section break does to advance what you are trying to do, but if is working for you, that is great.