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can I convert autonumber to text?
I have several documents I need to combine, They have inconsistent
fomatting. If I can convert the autonumber lists/bullets it will save some pretty major headaches. Office (Word) Professional 2003 Thanks |
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can I convert autonumber to text?
What is your specific question? Do you find that applying the same style to
text creates inconsistent formatting? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "amalof" wrote in message ... I have several documents I need to combine, They have inconsistent fomatting. If I can convert the autonumber lists/bullets it will save some pretty major headaches. Office (Word) Professional 2003 Thanks |
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can I convert autonumber to text?
I have documents from several sources, including some converted from Mac.
Each seems to have used different defaults or styles, so the tab settings are inconsistent. Each of the documents contains numbered lists. Some were autonumbered, some were typed in. Some indent eg 1", some eg 1.5". There are hanging indents and non-hanging indents. I'm trying to save the effort of either removing all formatting, and thus having to go through and renumber everything, and the frustration involved with trying to reformat the autotext page by page. I'm thinking if I could turn the autonumbers globally into regular, editable text, It would be the easiest way (for me) to make this document consistent in appearance. Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: What is your specific question? Do you find that applying the same style to text creates inconsistent formatting? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "amalof" wrote in message ... I have several documents I need to combine, They have inconsistent fomatting. If I can convert the autonumber lists/bullets it will save some pretty major headaches. Office (Word) Professional 2003 Thanks |
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can I convert autonumber to text?
Your best bet is to define a series of styles with outline numbering (see
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html) and apply these consistently to the text. I suggest that you print out a copy of the existing text as a guide to applying the styles. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "amalof" wrote in message ... I have documents from several sources, including some converted from Mac. Each seems to have used different defaults or styles, so the tab settings are inconsistent. Each of the documents contains numbered lists. Some were autonumbered, some were typed in. Some indent eg 1", some eg 1.5". There are hanging indents and non-hanging indents. I'm trying to save the effort of either removing all formatting, and thus having to go through and renumber everything, and the frustration involved with trying to reformat the autotext page by page. I'm thinking if I could turn the autonumbers globally into regular, editable text, It would be the easiest way (for me) to make this document consistent in appearance. Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: What is your specific question? Do you find that applying the same style to text creates inconsistent formatting? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "amalof" wrote in message ... I have several documents I need to combine, They have inconsistent fomatting. If I can convert the autonumber lists/bullets it will save some pretty major headaches. Office (Word) Professional 2003 Thanks |
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can I convert autonumber to text?
"amalof" wrote
page by page. I'm thinking if I could turn the autonumbers globally into regular, editable text, It would be the easiest way (for me) to make this document consistent in appearance. You can turn the autonumbers into editable text by highlighting the entire document, copying it to the clipboard, and then pasting into a new document. In the little clipboard square that appears, choose "Keep text only". This will replace all the autonumbers with the corresponding real numbers that you can edit. It will however also lose all of your other formatting. -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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can I convert autonumber to text?
?B?YW1hbG9m?= wrote in
: I have several documents I need to combine, They have inconsistent fomatting. If I can convert the autonumber lists/bullets it will save some pretty major headaches. Office (Word) Professional 2003 Thanks To convert autonumbering to text for whole document: Press Alt+F11 thentype in the Immediate window: ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText and press enter. |
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can I convert autonumber to text?
Wow. I think that worked! Thanks.
"Al" wrote: ?B?YW1hbG9m?= wrote in : I have several documents I need to combine, They have inconsistent fomatting. If I can convert the autonumber lists/bullets it will save some pretty major headaches. Office (Word) Professional 2003 Thanks To convert autonumbering to text for whole document: Press Alt+F11 thentype in the Immediate window: ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText and press enter. |
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can I convert autonumber to text?
?B?YW1hbG9m?= wrote in : To convert autonumbering to text for whole document: Press Alt+F11 thentype in the Immediate window: ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText and press enter. I'm not seeing an "Immediate" window when I press Alt-F11... Oh there it is. Under "View" (and also control-G). And it works! Thanks! -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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can I convert autonumber to text?
I saw also I could overifde all autoformatting by changing the properties of
"ThisDocument" - Override autoformat - from false to true. This took care of bullets and other nuisance items. Thanks again "Al" wrote: ?B?YW1hbG9m?= wrote in : I have several documents I need to combine, They have inconsistent fomatting. If I can convert the autonumber lists/bullets it will save some pretty major headaches. Office (Word) Professional 2003 Thanks To convert autonumbering to text for whole document: Press Alt+F11 thentype in the Immediate window: ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText and press enter. |
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can I convert autonumber to text?
thx a mint, this saved me too!
enjoy-la! karen "Opinicus" wrote: ?B?YW1hbG9m?= wrote in : To convert autonumbering to text for whole document: Press Alt+F11 thentype in the Immediate window: ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText and press enter. I'm not seeing an "Immediate" window when I press Alt-F11... Oh there it is. Under "View" (and also control-G). And it works! Thanks! -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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can I convert autonumber to text?
This is EXACTLY what I needed to do. I have manuals, that for some crazy
reason, the line numbering keeps changing when my boss opens it. NOW I can set it so they don't automatically renumber!!! I just KNEW there had to be a way to do this! I know this probably sounds a bit 'caveman-ish', but hey it makes him happy... -- Thanks! Barb "Opinicus" wrote: ?B?YW1hbG9m?= wrote in : To convert autonumbering to text for whole document: Press Alt+F11 thentype in the Immediate window: ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText and press enter. I'm not seeing an "Immediate" window when I press Alt-F11... Oh there it is. Under "View" (and also control-G). And it works! Thanks! -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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