Converting Automatic Numbering to Manual Numbering

Thanks for your help

Thank you so much. You have saved me so much time.

Hi, thanks for the good info. Only problem I have now is that running ConvertNumbersToText also removes the bold emphasis of the text on the numbered lines. Any way you know of to preserve the font attributes?

Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!!

Thanks Allen. That was great. It worked perfect in the first shot.

However, after applying this solution, some part of the pdf document is now not searchable.

It will be highly appreciated if you can suggest some solution.

Thanks in advance.

SJ

Thank you so much, I am using Mac OS, so the Command + G wasn't working or any of these combinations such as Command+Shift+G or Control+Shift+G or Control+G.

However, as someone mentioned in the comments, I used an easier trick,
Step 1: Cut the list
Step 2: Paste Special
Step 3: Unformatted text.

That's all. However, this could mess up the even distribution of the text in the list. If someone finds the Control+G shortcut Mac alternative, then please help :) Thanks to the OP.

Thank you!

Thanks for this perfect solution to my question on how to convert bullets Automatic Numbering to Manual Numbering
Only thing I forgot at first but was my bad was not selecting the automatic numering list fyrst

The answer is yes, there is a quick way. Simply follow these steps:
Open the document whose numbering you want to convert. (You may want to open a copy of the document so that you don't mess up the original document.)
Press Alt+F11. Word displays the VBA Editor.
Press Ctrl+G. This opens the Immediate window. (If you get any other type of dialog box, such as the Find and Replace dialog box, then you aren't working in the VBA Editor; you are still in Word. Close the dialog box, make sure the VBA Editor is active, and then repeat this step.)
Type the following in the Immediate window:
ActiveDocument.Range.ListFormat.ConvertNumbersToText
Press Enter.

Thanks, saved me so much time!

Thank you!

Wow! this is cool. How would I change the formula if I wanted to change my list of automated lettered list to normal letters?

Exactly what i needed, thank you! Pleased to say this retains all formatting, all images, all equations added through the equations editor. Now i can remove every even-numbered question and this retains the correct question number for the remaining content. :-)

You have saved me a lot of time re-formatting this document :-)

Sally,

Insert tab > Quick Parts > Field. Scroll down to the ListNum field and under Field properties you will see all the lists in the document.

Another way is to use a macro. The following macro will give the number of lists in the document. The macro could be expanded to give the type of numbering and highlight the paragraphs belong to each list.

Sub ListCount()
MsgBox Str(ActiveDocument.Lists.Count) & " numbering lists in document"
End Sub

Thanks for this. Is there any way to determine whether a Word document contains any automatic numbering?

Gracias genio... realmente me ayudaron los códigos que proporciona, me sirvió para convertir listas numeradas a texto.

Another work around, Select, right click, Cut. Paste special as text. Voila!

What could I say to thank you and appreciate the effort you put in for novice Word users like me. Just THANKS!

You are the academy of MS-Word learning.
Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

Wow!!! I've searched this from time to time for years and never found the answer. This worked beautifully and took only seconds to complete. Thanks very much.

This is brilliant, thanks a lot! This will save me a lot of trouble. I did however notice that the automatic numbering in a text box is not converted along with the rest. Is there a way to alter the code so that it will also convert the automatic numbering in the text boxes? Thanks in advance!

You just saved me a massive amount of time. Great tip!

Thanks for this - I'm using it to paste from Word into Sharepoint and it is very helpful - otherwise all the numbering changes.