How to delete specific outline numbering plans in a doc?

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Jim Tortorelli - 16 Mar 2007 00:16 GMT

Is there a way do delete specific outline numbering schemes in a document?
Is there a way to even see all the schemes in a document?

Jim Tortorelli

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Stefan Blom - 16 Mar 2007 11:41 GMT

No, you can't delete list templates (numbering schemes). The best you
can do is copy document contents (except for the final paragraph mark)
into a a new document; this should get rid of un-used list templates.

You can "see" the list templates (sort of) via VBA. For example, you
can count them: Press Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic Editor.
Press Ctrl+G to go to the Immediate Window. Type

?ActiveDocument.ListTemplates.Count

and press Enter. Word displays the number of list templates in the
document.

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> Is there a way do delete specific outline numbering schemes in a document?
> Is there a way to even see all the schemes in a document?
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> Jim Tortorelli

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Jim Tortorelli - 16 Mar 2007 18:48 GMT

Thanks, Stefan.

?ActiveDocument.ListTemplates.Count
103

No wonder this doc is screwed up!!

Jim T

> No, you can't delete list templates (numbering schemes). The best you
> can do is copy document contents (except for the final paragraph mark)
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Klaus Linke - 16 Mar 2007 22:11 GMT

Hi Jim,

Shouldn't be too much of an issue. Old versions originally didn't ever clean
them up, and you'd eventually have thousands of unused list templates, and
at some point the documents became corrupt.
Updated versions now all clean out unused list templates. I don't remeber
the specifics, but I think it happens on saving, when the count is above 400
or so.

Regards,
Klaus

> Thanks, Stefan.
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