Outline Content Visibility
Hide and show all content under headings, including text, images, tables, frames, shapes, and textboxes.
This feature is experimental. It is believed to be stable, but unexpected or unreliable behavior is possible.
To enable, choose LibreOffice - PreferencesTools - Options - LibreOffice - Advanced and select Enable experimental features checkbox., then still in , choose LibreOffice Writer (or LibreOffice Writer/Web) - View, and select the checkbox.
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In Navigator (F5) (for Headings in Content View)
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With mouse (on a heading)
Use this feature to selectively hide and show content under all paragraphs that have a non-zero outline level (commonly called headings and subheadings). In LibreOffice, a heading is a paragraph with an outline level from 1 to 10, where 1 is the highest level and 10 the lowest. For example, a paragraph with outline level 3 would be a sub-sub-heading of a paragraph with outline level 1. This feature can be used to selectively hide and show content for a single heading, or for subheadings relative to a chosen outline level.
Using Outline Content Visibility with Navigator
In Navigator, all commands are shown in the context menu for Headings and items under Headings. Use right-click anywhere in the Content View window to open the context menu for the selected item (including the Headings icon), then choose , and one of the following commands, depending on what is selected.
Hide content for all headings
Headings icon is selected. Right-click and choose .
Headings icon
Show content for all headings
Headings icon is selected. Right-click and choose .
Hide content for all subheadings, relative to an outline level
Heading with subheadings is selected. Right-click and choose to hide all content until the next heading at the same outline level.
Show content for all subheadings, relative to an outline level
Heading with subheadings is selected. Right-click and choose to show all content until the next heading at the same outline level.
When content is hidden for one or more (but not all) subheadings, then the context menu for a higher level heading will show both and .
Hide or show content under a single heading
For selected heading, right-click and choose
The commands change whether content is shown in the document. They do not change what is shown in Navigator. For that purpose, use and (or arrow) signs or in context menu for headings.
Using Outline Content Visibility with Mouse
Over a heading
Press the Ctrl key. Place mouse over (or close to a line with) a heading.
(Arrow in left margin gives visual cue.)
When mouse pointer image changes to hand pointer, the following commands are possible:
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Click to toggle visibility of content from selected heading to next heading.
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Right-click to hide or show all content from selected heading (and all its subheadings) to next heading at same outline level.
Arrows in left margin
Place mouse in left margin next to a heading. (Arrow appears if content is shown.)
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Click to toggle visibility of content from selected heading to next heading.
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Right-click to hide or show all content from selected heading (and all its subheadings) to next heading at same outline level.
Customized Control
For additional control, the following commands can be added as a button to a toolbar, an item in a menu or context menu, or a shortcut key.
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Show outline content visibility enables and disables this feature (both for mouse and Navigator).
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Toggle Outline Content Visibility toggles visibility of content from selected heading to next heading.
Place the cursor in the document. Use the command to hide the content in relation to the first heading above the cursor position.
Depending on your customization, this command could be available as a button in a toolbar, a menu item, a context menu (recommended Target is "Text"), or a shortcut key.
Saving Your Configuration
Documents saved in .odt format will retain the current configuration of hidden and shown content. Note that changing content visibility does not modify the document. If you change visibility after saving a document, then you must save again to preserve the visibility changes.