Auto Number Flowchart

[Ryan]

Is there a way I can have Word XP auto number boxes in a
flowchart. I would like to have the flowchart scaleable
so I can add new boxes or delete boxes and have the
numbers in the rest of the boxes renumbered. My typical
flowchart has 32+ boxes per page and we have to typically
delete a box here or there and add one here or there and
everything needs to be numbered. VERY time consuming.

Thanks

 

[Cindy Meister -WordMVP-]

Hi Suzanne,

The problem is what order they will be in. I'm guessing they're always going
to be in the order in which the text boxes were created (not to mention that
fields in text boxes don't always behave/update properly).

It would be painstaking, but in this circumstance, I like to make sure I have
a "page full" of paragraph marks before I get started. Then I can anchor each
text box to its own paragraph, and LOCK it. If I need to change the numbering
order, I can move the paragraph... Having Line Numbering turned on while doing
this would probably help <g>

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jan 24 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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