Press Alt+F11 to open the VBA Editor and Ctrl+G to get to the Immediate
window. In that window, type

ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText

and press Enter.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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"Mark_with_Questions" wrote
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I have used the outline numbering on heading styles to place paragraph
numbers in my Word 97 document. Is there a way to easily convert these
numbers to plain text?