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Visible

Visible
is a notebook option which specifies whether the notebook should be explicitly displayed on the screen.

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With Visible->False a notebook can still be manipulated from the kernel, but will not explicitly be displayed on the screen.

CreateWindow[Visible->False] creates a new invisible window.

Basic Examples (1)

Create a document that is not displayed:

You can carry out manipulations of the notebook even while it is invisible:

Make the notebook visible:

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