As you perform a wildcard search, you can also apply a style, if that helps.
"Find what": [0-9]@
"Replace with": (leave blank)
If necessary, click the More button. Make sure that "Use wildcards" is
selected.
With the insertion point in the "Replace with" box, click the Format button,
then click Style, and choose the appropriate numbered style.
Then perform a second wildcard search, as described in my previous message,
to get rid of the actual typed numbers.
Note that there might be a more elegant way to make use of wildcard searches
in this case; I'm certainly not an expert on this type of searches.
You may want to take a look athttp://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/UsingWildcards.htmor athttp://
www.gmayor.com/replace_using_wildcards.htmfor more information.
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Are these field numbers (SEQ fields, for example)? Then the command won't
work. The same problem might occur if the numbers are not at the
beginning
of a paragraph, I believe.
An alternative approach is to try a wildcard search: Select the
appropriate
paragraphs, and then press Ctrl+H. Click the More button. Check the "Use
wildcards" option.
"Find what": [0-9]@
"Replace with": (leave this field blank)
Click Replace All.
Try this on a copy of the document, to make sure that you don't lose any
important numerical data.
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Remember that the code removes numbering that was typed in. It does
not
work
on auto numbering, which you can remove by other means.
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The very first line of code presented in the article can be run on
selected
text. Press Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic Editor. Press
Ctrl+G
to
display the Immediate window. Type the following code:
WordBasic.ToolsBulletsNumbers Replace:=0, Type:=1, Remove:=1
and press Enter.
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Seehttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/RemoveManualNumbers.htm.
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I have received a long document where some of the outline
numbering
is
done by numbered lists and some has been typed in manually. Is
there
a
quick way to see which has been typed in manually? Even
better,
is
there a quick way to change that which has been typed in
manually
to
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Many thanks - I will give it a try. However, the outline numbers
are
not applied to headings so don't know whether it will work- Hide
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I'm sorry but it still doesn't seem to be working - do I have to do
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It isn't working on the numbers that were typed in, I'm afraid- Hide
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Could it make a difference what the paragraph style is; for some
reason most of the document has paragraph style HTML Preformatted. Its
definitely not field numbers. The trouble with this last method is
that I would still have to look all through to find those that are not
numbered properly. I'm going to try changing the paragraph style and
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