GNU Emacs Manual - Format Properties

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### Setting Other Text Properties

The Other Properties menu lets you add or remove three other useful text properties: `read-only`, `invisible` and `intangible`. The `intangible` property disallows moving point within the text, the `invisible` text property hides text from display, and the `read-only` property disallows alteration of the text.

Each of these special properties has a menu item to add it to the region. The last menu item, ``Remove Special'`, removes all of these special properties from the text in the region.

Currently, the `invisible` and `intangible` properties are not saved in the text/enriched format. The `read-only` property is saved, but it is not a standard part of the text/enriched format, so other editors may not respect it.

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