Convert automatic numbers to real numbers and vice versa

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Silly me. I thought that this would lead to a suggestion box and not a
diversion to some discussion group. This is about as helpful as a typical
response to a help question.

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Well, you can get to another suggestion portal at
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp, but you'll get less
feedback there.

Since you haven't actually proposed a suggestion (aside from the hint in
your subject line), it's hard to respond. However, it is possible to convert
auto numbering to "hard" numbers as follows (courtesy of Stefan Blom):

To convert autonumbering (paragraph/outline numbering and LISTNUM
fields) to plain text, do the following: Make sure the active
document is the one you want to convert. Then press ALT+F11 to
display the Visual Basic Editor. On the View menu, click
Immediate Window. In the Immediate Window, type

ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText

and press ENTER.

Note that if paragraph/outline numbering was applied with styles,
it isn't completely gone (CTRL+Q will bring it back!) unless you
also clear it from the style definitions.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Phil Munck said:
Silly me. I thought that this would lead to a suggestion box and not a
diversion to some discussion group. This is about as helpful as a typical
response to a help question.

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.
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