How do I lock automatic numbering?

[Baconbutty]

Hello

If I have the wrong group for this question, please could someone point
me to the correct group.

I have a document which uses automatic paragraph numbering. In fact
there are several separate lists within the document. Word is finding
it difficult managing those separate lists, particularly if I have cut
and pasted from one list to another - i.e. it is treating them as
interleaved etc. As a result I am having to laboriously correct them
all.

Now I have done this, what I would like to be able to do, is to produce
a document where the numbering has effectively been "unlinked" or
"finalised", so that I others I send the document to don't experience
difficulties (they are only reviewing so don't need the
auto-numbering).

I.e. similar to CTRL+SHIFT+F9 which unlinks fields and fixes them with
their current text content.

Can someone point me to a command which does this, or give me an idea
for a macro which could do this?

Thank you in advance.

Julian Turner

[Stefan Blom]

To convert outline/paragraph numbers to text, do the following: Press
Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic Editor. Click View>Immediate
Window. In the Immediate Window, type

ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText

and press Enter.

Note that if you added numbering via styles, you also have to clear it
from the style definitions, in order to get rid of it completely.
--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

"Baconbutty" wrote in message
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[Charles Kenyon]

Stefan has answered your direct question. For future reference, though, take
a look at: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word
document
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. (For
bullets see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html, the
subject is related.)

This is based on ...

Word's Numbering Explained
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/WordsNumberingExplained.htm

Additional information you may find useful or need is at:

How to Create a Template, Part II
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Baconbutty" <jul...@baconbutty.com> wrote in message
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[Baconbutty]

Stefan Blom wrote:

> To convert outline/paragraph numbers to text, do the following: Press
> Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic Editor. Click View>Immediate
> Window. In the Immediate Window, type
>
> ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText

[snip]

Thank you very much Stefan. That has solved my problem perfectly.

Regards

Julian Turner

[Stefan Blom]

Glad I could help.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

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[Baconbutty]

Charles Kenyon wrote:

> Stefan has answered your direct question. For future reference, though, take
> a look at: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word
> document
> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. (For
> bullets see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html, the
> subject is related.)
>
> This is based on ...
>
> Word's Numbering Explained
> http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/WordsNumberingExplained.htm
>
> Additional information you may find useful or need is at:
>
> How to Create a Template, Part II
> http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

[snip]

Thank you too Charles. I have a reasonably deep understanding and
appreciation of Word and numbering (to the extent of automating Word
using ActiveX) so will be interested to see what else I can learn from
those references.

Thank you again to you both for such a quick response.

Regards

Julian Turner

[Baconbutty]

Charles Kenyon wrote:

> Stefan has answered your direct question. For future reference, though, take
> a look at: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word
> document
> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. (For
> bullets see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html, the
> subject is related.)
>
> This is based on ...
>
> Word's Numbering Explained
> http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/WordsNumberingExplained.htm
>
> Additional information you may find useful or need is at:
>
> How to Create a Template, Part II
> http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

Thank you too Charles. I will have a look at those documents.

Regards

Julian