#912 Open XML Filter: option "Non-visible Instruction Text" for Word files not working

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Please see the file attached. Line two should not be extracted if the option is disabled. However OmegaT extracts this text wheter the option is checked or not.

I tried the same file using Okapi Rainbow, which also has the option. On Rainbow it's working. Seems to be a bug.

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OmegaT settings

[Didier Briel]

"Non-visible instruction text" is not hidden text.
From changes.txt:
OmegaT 2.2.1
The Open XML Word option "Hidden Text" as been renamed to
"Non-visible Instruction Text" to avoid confusion with the "Hidden effect"
or "Hidden attribute" in Word.

"Non-visible instruction text" concerns "commands" (for instance, indexing) that Word uses in the text.

Didier

[Kos Ivantsov]

It says "instruction text", it's not the same as non-visible text. This option is meant to control whether translator sees things like hyperlinks behind text or images, image captions etc., which wouldn't be visible in the text processor with or without non-printable characters on.
If you need to skip non-visible text, docx -> xliff in Okapi is about the only way.
I close as invalid (not because such function is not needed, but because it's not a bug in the current filter).

[Kos Ivantsov]

oops, Didier was faster than me =)

[eraser]

Thanks a lot. This was quick!

So I could use this option to translate/extract an index (the "XE:..."-notation in Word)? I've been looking for something like this for long. It happens quite often at the end of an translation job that one realizes that the index needs a translation directly in word, since it has not been extracted. This is what this option does?

It would be great if you could turn the initial issue into a feature request, since at least for me people quite often use the hidden text option in word to prevent text from being translated. Would be nice to have this option for people not familiar with rainbow.

[Kos Ivantsov]

There's at least one RFE for it.

[Didier Briel]

So I could use this option to translate/extract an index (the "XE:..."-notation in Word)? I've been looking for something like this for long. It happens quite often at the end of an translation job that one realizes that the index needs a translation directly in word, since it has not been extracted. This is what this option does?

Yes, that's the point of this option.

Didier