Hi Ramon, The link you have provided only points me to what I have already been doing. A bit more info on my situation. I converted a.pdf to Word so I could answer some questions. The document defaulted to automatic numbering.
How do you remove the auto indent tab in autonumbering as default? I am working on a test and would like the numbers to NOT indent when it starts autonumbering. I supposed I can shut off autonumbering and type in my own numbers. Dec 13, 2016 - Now press “Delete” to remove the original text. Now you have successfully converted automatic numbering to static ones.Below is.
I highlighted the whole document and followed the standards steps to turn off numbering (fileoptionsproofingAutocorrect OptionsAutoFormat As You Type, then made sure the Automatic numbered lists box was unchecked (curiously, it already was). I OK'd everything and went back to the document, which continued adding numbers everytime I spaced the questions in order to add my answers. Can anyone suggest anything else? Thanks in advance.
'spaced the questions' = pressed the Enter key? You should not be using the Enter key to space things in Word. Each time you press it, Word starts a new paragraph. To end Word's automatic numbering, try pressing the Enter key twice (and then deleting the first (empty) paragraph produced. Documents converted from other sources are often (perhaps always) filled with formatting anomalies. They are not fun to edit. Please mark helpful or answered as appropriate to help other users.
Charles Kenyon Attorney at Law Madison, Wisconsin wordfaqataddbalancedotcom http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm. Paragraphs to which Word has already applied auto numbering will be part of a numbered list even after you have turned off the AutoFormat As You Type options discussed in this thread, so adding and/or removing text around these paragraphs will still affect the numbering. To 'freeze' numbering already inserted (by you or by Word), you will have to run a macro. In the Visual Basic Editor (Alt+F11), click View Immediate Window; in that window, type or paste: ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText and press Enter.
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Word will convert all auto numbers in the document to plain text (as if the numbers had been typed from the keyboard). Note that this 'conversion' affects all numbering in the document, even heading numbering, but any numbering attached to paragraph styles won't be permanently removed; it can be brought back if you select paragraphs using those styles and press Ctrl+Q. In the long run, however, you should set up numbering using styles, as Charles suggested. That way, you can easily adjust Spacing Before or Spacing After, Line Spacing, fonts, etc.
By modifying the corresponding styles. Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Volunteer Moderator Note that MVPs do NOT work for Microsoft MVP program information:. OK got it regarding continued numbering within the document.
Thanks to both Charles and Stefan for suggestions. Please note, I inherited the document I did not create it. I loathe automatic numbering and prefer doing it manually.
I learned to keyboard on manual typewriters 50 years ago when autoformat didn't exist! But I do use autoformat for bullets for example. Regarding the macro I would like to do that. I tried alt-F11 from Word and I didn't get anything.
I tried alt-F11 from the desktop and it got me nothing. I looked for Visual Basic Editor on my search bar and I don't appear to have it.
So it's something I would have to download? Excuse my very simple questions; the last time I ran a macro was 25 years ago on WordPerfect! If you can run macros, you do not have the crippled 'Starter' version. You may need to use a Fn key with Alt+F11; some computer manufacturer's mess with the function keys.
Otherwise, try clicking on the Visual Basic button on the. (It is possible that visual basic was not installed.) Hard way to remove automatic numbering:. Save the document as plain text.
Close Word. Reopen Word and open the text file.
You will need to reformat stuff. Please mark helpful or answered as appropriate to help other users. Charles Kenyon Attorney at Law Madison, Wisconsin wordfaqataddbalancedotcom http://addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm.