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December 08, 2005

Hi, everyone :) Just a quick note to say that I'll start posting again this weekend. My hosting service is migrating servers -- so I'm waiting until they're done with that to add new posts.

But meanwhile, the talented designer and photographer Michelle Jones (check out the link for some really stunning photography) -- who does the design and programming for this blog -- is revising some stuff to enable me to show more resources and info... hope you like the changes!

Happy Thursday! New posts arriving shortly ...

Posted by Stephanie

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Is there an easy way to convert numbering done using Format > Bullets and Numbering > Outline Numbered (a.k.a. automatic paragraph numbering) to hard numbers (just text)?

Thanks Stephanie.

Posted by: Craig Huggart | December 12, 2005 05:41 PM

Hi, Craig,

Sure is ... to avoid workarounds and complications, you'll need to venture into the VB editor -- but it's a quick and simple single line of code.

Just go to Tools, Macro, Visual Basic Editor (or press Alt+F11). Then, press CTRL+G, this opens a window at the bottom of the screen called the Immediate Window (you can also access this window on the View menu).

Type: ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText

... then press Enter.

All done :)

This method has been available in VBA since Word 97, so you should have no problem regardless of the document version.

By the way - if this is something you need to do often, create a macro for it instead of using the immediate window and drop the macro on a toolbar or menu, or give it a keyboard shortcut. Let me know if you need to know how to do any of that ...

Best,
Stephanie

Posted by: Stephanie | December 12, 2005 06:04 PM

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