Convert Auto Numbering to Hard Text?

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<*(((><{ - 10 Mar 2006 01:36 GMT

I'm converting a set of documents that have auto numbering here and
there. I'd like to convert the auto numbers to hard text. Is there a
way to do that in Word 2000?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 10 Mar 2006 02:52 GMT

Being aware that this is (with the exception noted) not reversible, here are
Stefan Blom's instructions:

To convert autonumbering (paragraph/outline numbering and LISTNUM
fields) to plain text, do the following: Make sure the active
document is the one you want to convert. Then press ALT+F11 to
display the Visual Basic Editor. On the View menu, click
Immediate Window. In the Immediate Window, type

ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText

and press ENTER.

Note that if paragraph/outline numbering was applied with styles,
it isn't completely gone (CTRL+Q will bring it back!) unless you
also clear it from the style definitions.

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> I'm converting a set of documents that have auto numbering here and
> there. I'd like to convert the auto numbers to hard text. Is there a
> way to do that in Word 2000?
>
> <*((((><{
> Fishy@Ocean.Net

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