endnote numbering won't copy/paste

[AlyssaP]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I'm preparing a book manuscript for publication. The publisher wants endnotes placed in a separate file. I'm trying to copy/paste them from each chapter (each is a separate document), but when I paste into the new document, every endnote is numbered "1". How do I convince Word to retain the numbers from the original documents?

 

[CyberTaz]

Hello Alyssa -

I only know of 2 options - footnotes & endnotes are a special breed of cat.

The first is very tedious depending on how many there are: Select &
Copy/Paste each endnote number (in the body text), one at a time. The
endnote # & the end notation text will get pasted into the new document. The
numbers can be selected & formatted as Hidden so they neither display nor
print as long as the ¶s are not displayed.

The second: Select & Copy the notation text. Use Edit> Paste Special -
Unformatted Text to paste them into the new doc then apply Numbering to
match the style in the main document.

There may be other options, but if so they're a bit beyond my ken.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John McGhie]

If you have access to Word 2004, or any version of PC Word, the following
macro will convert all numbers to normal text that can be copied. It works
on either a selected area, or the whole document.

Note: You must run it on a COPY, because numbering won¹t update after you
run it.

Sub ConvertNumbers()
' Converts all numbers to text
Dim doIt As Long
Dim aSel As Range
Dim alist As List
Dim aPara As Paragraph

Set aSel = Selection.Range
doIt = aSel.End - aSel.Start

If doIt > 1 Then
If aSel.ListParagraphs.Count > 0 Then
aSel.ListParagraphs(1).Range.ListFormat.List.ConvertNumbersToText
End If
Else
doIt = MsgBox("No selection. Do whole document?", vbExclamation +
vbOKCancel)
If doIt = 1 Then
ActiveDocument.ConvertNumbersToText
End If
End If
If doIt > 0 Then MsgBox "All numbering converted to typed text."

End Sub

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I'm preparing a book manuscript for publication. The publisher wants endnotes
placed in a separate file. I'm trying to copy/paste them from each chapter
(each is a separate document), but when I paste into the new document, every
endnote is numbered "1". How do I convince Word to retain the numbers from the
original documents?

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