[zoey-mi]

I have a long list that is auto-numbered. I need to delete "randomly" about
1/3 of the entried, but keep the original numbering scheme. For example the
list would read:
1
2
4
5
6
9
11
12
15
etc. - where items 3, 7, 8, 10, 13, and 14 were dropped from the list. I
know that you can "restart" the numbering, but I have almost 500 items on the
list, so restarting would be very tedious.

If I can change the auto numbering to "hard coded numbers" - such that they
would not change when I delete some lines, that would be ideal.

Thanks,
zoey-mi

[Greg Maxey]

Open the VB Editor. (ALT+F11)
Open the Immediate Window (ViewImmediated)
Type in: ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText
Press Enter.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


zoey-mi wrote:
I have a long list that is auto-numbered. I need to delete "randomly"
about 1/3 of the entried, but keep the original numbering scheme. For
example the list would read:
1
2
4
5
6
9
11
12
15
etc. - where items 3, 7, 8, 10, 13, and 14 were dropped from the
list. I know that you can "restart" the numbering, but I have almost
500 items on the list, so restarting would be very tedious.

If I can change the auto numbering to "hard coded numbers" - such
that they would not change when I delete some lines, that would be
ideal.

Thanks,
zoey-mi

[Jezebel]

You can do it like this:

1. Select the entire list.
2. Switch to VBA, and in the immediate window, enter:

Selection.Range.ListFormat.ConvertNumbersToText


Presumably there's a mainstream way to do this, but I don't know what it is.



"zoey-mi" wrote in message
...
I have a long list that is auto-numbered. I need to delete "randomly" about
1/3 of the entried, but keep the original numbering scheme. For example
the
list would read:
1
2
4
5
6
9
11
12
15
etc. - where items 3, 7, 8, 10, 13, and 14 were dropped from the list. I
know that you can "restart" the numbering, but I have almost 500 items on
the
list, so restarting would be very tedious.

If I can change the auto numbering to "hard coded numbers" - such that
they
would not change when I delete some lines, that would be ideal.

Thanks,
zoey-mi

[Al]

Copy,paste special unformatted text.


"Jezebel" wrote in
:

You can do it like this:

1. Select the entire list.
2. Switch to VBA, and in the immediate window, enter:

Selection.Range.ListFormat.ConvertNumbersToText


Presumably there's a mainstream way to do this, but I don't know what
it is.


"zoey-mi" wrote in message
...
I have a long list that is auto-numbered. I need to delete "randomly"
about
1/3 of the entried, but keep the original numbering scheme. For
example the
list would read:
1
2
4
5
6
9
11
12
15
etc. - where items 3, 7, 8, 10, 13, and 14 were dropped from the
list. I know that you can "restart" the numbering, but I have almost
500 items on the
list, so restarting would be very tedious.

If I can change the auto numbering to "hard coded numbers" - such
that they
would not change when I delete some lines, that would be ideal.

Thanks,
zoey-mi

[Jezebel]

That discards any character formatting also, which you might not want to do.


"Al" wrote in message
.102...
Copy,paste special unformatted text.


"Jezebel" wrote in
:

You can do it like this:

1. Select the entire list.
2. Switch to VBA, and in the immediate window, enter:

Selection.Range.ListFormat.ConvertNumbersToText


Presumably there's a mainstream way to do this, but I don't know what
it is.


"zoey-mi" wrote in message
...
I have a long list that is auto-numbered. I need to delete "randomly"
about
1/3 of the entried, but keep the original numbering scheme. For
example the
list would read:
1
2
4
5
6
9
11
12
15
etc. - where items 3, 7, 8, 10, 13, and 14 were dropped from the
list. I know that you can "restart" the numbering, but I have almost
500 items on the
list, so restarting would be very tedious.

If I can change the auto numbering to "hard coded numbers" - such
that they
would not change when I delete some lines, that would be ideal.

Thanks,
zoey-mi