RemoveNumbers Method

Applies To

Document object, List object, ListFormat object.

Description

Removes numbers or bullets from the specified Document, List, or ListFormat object.

Syntax

expression.RemoveNumbers(NumberType)

expression Required. An expression that returns a Document, List, or ListFormat object.

NumberType Optional Variant. The type of number to be removed. Can be one of the following WdNumberType constants: wdNumberParagraph, wdNumberListNum, or wdNumberAllNumbers. The default value is wdNumberAllNumbers.

Remarks

When this method is applied to a List object, it removes numbers only from paragraphs in the specified list, skipping over any interleaved numbers from other lists. If this method is applied to the ListFormat object for a range of text, all numbers from all lists in the range are removed.

See Also

ConvertNumbersToText method.

Example

This example removes the bullets or numbers from any numbered paragraphs in the selection.

Selection.Range.ListFormat.RemoveNumbers

This example removes the numbers from the beginning of any numbered paragraphs in the active document.

ActiveDocument.RemoveNumbers wdNumberParagraph

This example removes the LISTNUM fields from the selection.

Selection.Range.ListFormat.RemoveNumbers wdNumberListNum

This example removes the bullets or numbers from the third list in MyDocument.doc.

If Documents("MyDocument.doc").Lists.Count >= 3 Then
    Documents("MyDocument.doc").Lists(3).RemoveNumbers
End If