Run a macro containing the following code

ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText

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"Liz" wrote in message
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I have a document with automatic numbering and I'd like to remove some
segments without changing the numbering sequence. I tried
Tools/Autocorrect/Autoformat while typing and it does not turn off the
automatic numbering. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.