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I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic
and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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To "freeze" auto numbering when copying and pasting text you can convert the
numbers to plain text in the source document: Select the numbered items. Press Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic Editor. Press Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window. Type Selection.Range.ListFormat.ConvertNumbersToText and press Enter. Then copy and paste the items. Close the source document without saving. Note that if numbering was applied via styles, you will have to clear the numbering from the styles in the target document (otherwise you can bring it back via Ctrl+Q). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Ember" wrote in message ... I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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Is there a reason for writing "1. Step 1." instead of just "Step 1."?
On Jul 31, 2:52 pm, Ember wrote: I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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Note that the OP states that these are examples, not actual text.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... Is there a reason for writing "1. Step 1." instead of just "Step 1."? On Jul 31, 2:52 pm, Ember wrote: I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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"I have a numbered list that identifies the steps a user will need to
take." On Aug 1, 8:26 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that the OP states that these are examples, not actual text. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... Is there a reason for writing "1. Step 1." instead of just "Step 1."? On Jul 31, 2:52 pm, Ember wrote: I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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I have been asked to format published manuals (procedural documentation that
I did not write) so that they include only the processes that we use (the published manual describes more than what we will be doing). I am not responsible for the content, just how it is formatted. Thanks! "grammatim" wrote: Is there a reason for writing "1. Step 1." instead of just "Step 1."? On Jul 31, 2:52 pm, Ember wrote: I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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So I would need to do that for each numbered list in my document? I ask
because I found another post that made a similar suggestion but it applied it to the whole document. Also, do you know if this suggestion would work when using the "InsertFile" option? Thanks! "Stefan Blom" wrote: To "freeze" auto numbering when copying and pasting text you can convert the numbers to plain text in the source document: Select the numbered items. Press Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic Editor. Press Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window. Type Selection.Range.ListFormat.ConvertNumbersToText and press Enter. Then copy and paste the items. Close the source document without saving. Note that if numbering was applied via styles, you will have to clear the numbering from the styles in the target document (otherwise you can bring it back via Ctrl+Q). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Ember" wrote in message ... I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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But note the "(Example below)" text later in the OP's message. Obviously,
there are many possible reasons why the OP may not want to post the actual text in a public newsgroup. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... "I have a numbered list that identifies the steps a user will need to take." On Aug 1, 8:26 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that the OP states that these are examples, not actual text. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... Is there a reason for writing "1. Step 1." instead of just "Step 1."? On Jul 31, 2:52 pm, Ember wrote: I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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If you want to convert numbers of an entire document in one step, just use
Activedocument.ConvertNumbersToText instead. It can certainly be applied to documents that you want to insert via Insert | File, but note that if numbering was applied via styles, you will have to clear the number formatting from those styles (or Ctrl+Q can bring numbering back). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Ember" wrote in message news So I would need to do that for each numbered list in my document? I ask because I found another post that made a similar suggestion but it applied it to the whole document. Also, do you know if this suggestion would work when using the "InsertFile" option? Thanks! "Stefan Blom" wrote: To "freeze" auto numbering when copying and pasting text you can convert the numbers to plain text in the source document: Select the numbered items. Press Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic Editor. Press Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window. Type Selection.Range.ListFormat.ConvertNumbersToText and press Enter. Then copy and paste the items. Close the source document without saving. Note that if numbering was applied via styles, you will have to clear the numbering from the styles in the target document (otherwise you can bring it back via Ctrl+Q). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Ember" wrote in message ... I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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Then the dummy example could be "blah blah blah"! If it has "Step 1,
Step 2, Step 3," then there don't need to be numbers before the step numbers. On Aug 4, 4:22 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: But note the "(Example below)" text later in the OP's message. Obviously, there are many possible reasons why the OP may not want to post the actual text in a public newsgroup. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... "I have a numbered list that identifies the steps a user will need to take." On Aug 1, 8:26 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that the OP states that these are examples, not actual text. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... Is there a reason for writing "1. Step 1." instead of just "Step 1."? On Jul 31, 2:52 pm, Ember wrote: I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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Thanks. I may have to find another way as I will not be the only one editing
these secondary documents (that have the numbering) and those that will have varying levels of knowledge using Word. Ember "Stefan Blom" wrote: If you want to convert numbers of an entire document in one step, just use Activedocument.ConvertNumbersToText instead. It can certainly be applied to documents that you want to insert via Insert | File, but note that if numbering was applied via styles, you will have to clear the number formatting from those styles (or Ctrl+Q can bring numbering back). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Ember" wrote in message news So I would need to do that for each numbered list in my document? I ask because I found another post that made a similar suggestion but it applied it to the whole document. Also, do you know if this suggestion would work when using the "InsertFile" option? Thanks! "Stefan Blom" wrote: To "freeze" auto numbering when copying and pasting text you can convert the numbers to plain text in the source document: Select the numbered items. Press Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic Editor. Press Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window. Type Selection.Range.ListFormat.ConvertNumbersToText and press Enter. Then copy and paste the items. Close the source document without saving. Note that if numbering was applied via styles, you will have to clear the numbering from the styles in the target document (otherwise you can bring it back via Ctrl+Q). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Ember" wrote in message ... I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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I suppose one way, which you may already have considered, is to have a
single person who is "in charge" of the formatting. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Ember" wrote in message ... Thanks. I may have to find another way as I will not be the only one editing these secondary documents (that have the numbering) and those that will have varying levels of knowledge using Word. Ember "Stefan Blom" wrote: If you want to convert numbers of an entire document in one step, just use Activedocument.ConvertNumbersToText instead. It can certainly be applied to documents that you want to insert via Insert | File, but note that if numbering was applied via styles, you will have to clear the number formatting from those styles (or Ctrl+Q can bring numbering back). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Ember" wrote in message news So I would need to do that for each numbered list in my document? I ask because I found another post that made a similar suggestion but it applied it to the whole document. Also, do you know if this suggestion would work when using the "InsertFile" option? Thanks! "Stefan Blom" wrote: To "freeze" auto numbering when copying and pasting text you can convert the numbers to plain text in the source document: Select the numbered items. Press Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic Editor. Press Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window. Type Selection.Range.ListFormat.ConvertNumbersToText and press Enter. Then copy and paste the items. Close the source document without saving. Note that if numbering was applied via styles, you will have to clear the numbering from the styles in the target document (otherwise you can bring it back via Ctrl+Q). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Ember" wrote in message ... I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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Only the OP can tell. :-)
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... Then the dummy example could be "blah blah blah"! If it has "Step 1, Step 2, Step 3," then there don't need to be numbers before the step numbers. On Aug 4, 4:22 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: But note the "(Example below)" text later in the OP's message. Obviously, there are many possible reasons why the OP may not want to post the actual text in a public newsgroup. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... "I have a numbered list that identifies the steps a user will need to take." On Aug 1, 8:26 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that the OP states that these are examples, not actual text. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "grammatim" wrote in message ... Is there a reason for writing "1. Step 1." instead of just "Step 1."? On Jul 31, 2:52 pm, Ember wrote: I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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Unfortunately that would be me, which I would rather not.
Thanks! "Stefan Blom" wrote: I suppose one way, which you may already have considered, is to have a single person who is "in charge" of the formatting. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Ember" wrote in message ... Thanks. I may have to find another way as I will not be the only one editing these secondary documents (that have the numbering) and those that will have varying levels of knowledge using Word. Ember "Stefan Blom" wrote: If you want to convert numbers of an entire document in one step, just use Activedocument.ConvertNumbersToText instead. It can certainly be applied to documents that you want to insert via Insert | File, but note that if numbering was applied via styles, you will have to clear the number formatting from those styles (or Ctrl+Q can bring numbering back). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Ember" wrote in message news So I would need to do that for each numbered list in my document? I ask because I found another post that made a similar suggestion but it applied it to the whole document. Also, do you know if this suggestion would work when using the "InsertFile" option? Thanks! "Stefan Blom" wrote: To "freeze" auto numbering when copying and pasting text you can convert the numbers to plain text in the source document: Select the numbered items. Press Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic Editor. Press Ctrl+G to activate the Immediate window. Type Selection.Range.ListFormat.ConvertNumbersToText and press Enter. Then copy and paste the items. Close the source document without saving. Note that if numbering was applied via styles, you will have to clear the numbering from the styles in the target document (otherwise you can bring it back via Ctrl+Q). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Ember" wrote in message ... I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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But the topic of my and grammatim's somewhat silly "sub-discussion" was
whether your example reflects actual text in the document, in which case the steps include the number twice (as in "1 Step 1" ). ~~~ Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Ember" wrote: I have been asked to format published manuals (procedural documentation that I did not write) so that they include only the processes that we use (the published manual describes more than what we will be doing). I am not responsible for the content, just how it is formatted. Thanks! "grammatim" wrote: Is there a reason for writing "1. Step 1." instead of just "Step 1."? On Jul 31, 2:52 pm, Ember wrote: I have a training manual that describes several different events for a topic and then gives the users instructions on how to complete each event. Under each event I have a numbered listed that identifies the steps a user will need to take, with each event "Restart"ing from "1". (Example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. I am now using the InsertFile to bring in bookmarked sections of these topics into one manual. The InsertFile option worked well except it renumbered all of my steps. (See problem example below) Topic Event 1 1. Step 1. 2. Step 2. 3. Step 3. Event 2 4. Step 1. 5. Step 2. 6. Step 3. Is there anyway to "lock" the numbering for each Event so that it will have no affect on numbering of Events that follow it? Thanks! |
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