[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 127802] New: EDITING FORMATTING

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127802

            Bug ID: 127802
           Summary: EDITING FORMATTING
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 6.3.1.2 release
          Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
                OS: Linux (All)
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Writer
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: mail at dave-blair.de

Created attachment 154566
  --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=154566&action=edit
Screenshot: Clicking "hidden" has no effect. Expected effect: Hide/unhide all
marked text.

I work on client texts.

I often have to hide selected parts of a text, work on the visible text, and
unhide the whole text again so I know what to work on and also for billing
purposes. This is an integral part of my workflow.

I'd like to be able to click ctrl-f10, mark everything using ctrl-a and remove
the hidden flag via Font Effects (or via key combo but that's not really the
problem) as I can in MS Word.

LO Writer does not allow me to change the corresponding checkmark in Font
Effects unless all the text under it is either hidden or unhidden. I haven't
found a way of doing a search and replace using formatting as "hidden" is the
only option in Font Effects that Search/Replace doesn't include.

So I have to go through each section individually and manually unhide it. Which
seems to be an awful lot of unnecessary work.

At the moment I have to start up a Windows VM, start Word, and open the
document just to be able to unhide all the hidden text sections. 

IIRC this was not a problem on previous versions of LO writer.

I am aware that I can select "Clear direct formatting" but that destroys all
formatting, not just the hidden flag, so that's not really an option.

Unfortunately, I'm very limited as to what I can and can't do to a text as I
process client files that are sent to me, and have to send them back with only
the alterations that are actually required by the client. That includes
applying styles, conditional formatting and similar.

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