Converting styled paragraphs and maintaining indents

[Guest]

We have a 300 page document with numbers up to seven levels with
corresponding indentions.

Sections of the document must be cut and pasted into a separate Word form
and passed to groups to edit and return.

We are looking to retain the numbering (which we can do by pasting as
unformatted text) and the paragraph indentations.

Is there a way to do this? I have tried a number of solutions but the
numbering reverts to starting at one when I paste it. Example, saving as an
html document and then copying the numbered paragraph retains the formatting
but not the numbering.

The person I am advising does not want to reformat the text after transfer
into the other document.

 

[Guest]

You can convert numbers to text. First, make sure that the document you are
converting is the active document in Word. Then, press Alt+F11 to display the
Visual Basic Editor. Press Ctrl+G to display the Immediate window. Type:

ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText

and press Enter.

Then you can copy and paste the text, leaving the formatting intact.