Freeze autonumbering

[Guest]

I finally have gotten autonumbering of headings to work reasonably well using
styles and levels (1,2,3, etc.). Now I'm wondering if there's a way to
"freeze" my numbering so that if I delete some numbered items, the others
will not change. Sort of like in Excel, where you can replace a formula with
its result by copying the formula and pasting it in as values only. Any
ideas?
TIA,
Andy

 

[Shauna Kelly]

Hi Andy

Before you do this, make a copy of your document somewhere safe. Like
Excel's copying a formula as a value, there's no way back to automatic
numbering after you do this step. You've been warned!!

Do Alt-F11. You'll now see the Visual Basic editor. Find the Immediate
window. If you can't find it, do View > Immediate Window.

In the Immediate Window, type the following:
ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText
and press Enter.

To get back to the document, do File > Close and return to Word.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word