Auto paragraph number - then remove auto

I like to use auto paragraph number,which is really outlinning. Someone I send documents to cannot or will not use it and has asked me not to use it. However, not using it is a pain.

How can I use the auto paragraph number function and then when I am through, remove the auto paragraph but leave the paragraph numbers in the document as if they were hard coded?

Thanks

Run a macro containing the command:

ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Legalbits" wrote in message
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I like to use auto paragraph number,which is really outlinning. Someone I
send documents to cannot or will not use it and has asked me not to use it.
However, not using it is a pain.

How can I use the auto paragraph number function and then when I am
through, remove the auto paragraph but leave the paragraph numbers in the
document as if they were hard coded?

Thanks

To follow up for others, the macro does not exist. However, simply make a new macro with the single command

ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText

and give the macro a name, such as paratotext.

Run the macro in a document that has automatic paragraph numbering and you will see that the paragraph numbers are now text and will not change when you move them.

This helpful for transferring a document you crate with auto paragraph numbers for editing by someone who will not or does not use auto paragraph formating.

Thanks for the help. It worked.

----- Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote: -----

Run a macro containing the command:

ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText

--
Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Legalbits" wrote in message
...
I like to use auto paragraph number,which is really outlinning. Someone I
send documents to cannot or will not use it and has asked me not to use it.
However, not using it is a pain.
How can I use the auto paragraph number function and then when I am
through, remove the auto paragraph but leave the paragraph numbers in the
document as if they were hard coded?
Thanks