Word added numbered bullets at each hard return

[Charlesanne]

Word has added numbers at each hard return of my document, even inside of the
tables.
I can remove each of them one at a time by clicking on the number, choosing
numbering and then none, but the document is 123 pages long.
How can I select ALL of the numbered bullets at the same time and remove ALL
of them?
AND, any idea how this could have happened in the first place?
The professor that was working on the paper when it happened said "they just
showed up".

THANK YOU!

 

[Stefan Blom]

See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/wholedocumentreformatted.htm.

 

[Charlesanne]

I'm in Word 2007.
I tried reading through the info and applying it to my situation, but it
doesn't seem to work going from 2002 to 2007.

Help?

 

[Stefan Blom]

The general principle remains the same: in the Modify Style dialog box, you
have to turn off the "Automatically update" setting for the affected style.

To display the Modify Style dialog box: In the Styles pane
(Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S), click the Manage Styles button. On the Edit tab, locate
the problem style. Click the style name, and then click the Modify button.
Clear the "Automatically update" option. To transfer the setting to the
attached template, choose "New documents based on this template" before
clicking OK.

Note, however, that in Word 2007 you cannot change the setting for the
Normal style (there is no check box for "Automatically update" in the Modify
Style dialog box for that style). Instead, you must run the following macro
(on each document where the problem occurs):

Sub TurnOffAutoUpdateOnNormalStyle()
ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleNormal).AutomaticallyUpdate = False
End Sub

For assistance, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If "Automatically update " were the problem, it would affect 2007 the same
as previous versions, but the Modify Style dialog for Normal style in Word
2007 apparently doesn't include a check box for "Automatically update,"
which would seem to indicate that the source of the problem has been
eliminated in that version, and since it is still the base style for most of
the others, this may not be the issue.

(To access the Modify Style dialog in Word 2007, click the dialog launcher
at the bottom right corner of the Styles group on the Home tab to open the
Styles window. Click the arrow beside Normal (or whatever style is selected)
and choose Modify.)

What happens if you select all the text in the document (Ctrl+A) and press
Ctrl+Q?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Thanks, Stefan. I was stymied when I opened the Modify Style dialog and saw
that the check box was not there!

 

[Stefan Blom]

Indeed, it was a surprise for me as well the first time I saw it!