Auto Number and Nicely Format a Bruce List (with 1000+ items) using Wor
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All on Sat Sep 14 12:26:06 2024
a Bruce List randomly chosen for this exercise:
1 ¦ Shake, Rattle And Roll ¦ Joe Turner - 54
2 ¦ I'm In Love Again ¦ Fats Domino - 56
3 ¦ Long Tall Sally ¦ Little Richard - 56
...
1010 ¦ Baby Don't Go ¦ Sonny & Cher - 64
1011 ¦ Long Leannie Mama ¦ Lightnin' Slim - 58
1012 ¦ San Francisco ¦ Scott McKenzie - 67
Please note, any text after '<number> ¦ ' is not touched.
The Auto Numbered list will look like this
- both in Word *and* when copied elsewhere:
1. Shake, Rattle And Roll ¦ Joe Turner - 54
2. I'm In Love Again ¦ Fats Domino - 56
3. Long Tall Sally ¦ Little Richard - 56
...
1010. Baby Don't Go ¦ Sonny & Cher - 64
1011. Long Leannie Mama ¦ Lightnin' Slim - 58
1012. San Francisco ¦ Scott McKenzie - 67
This is the procedure, which only has to be done one time only
for each list:
*Create a new Word document for list (unless it already exists)
. copy and paste manually numbered list into a blank Word document
*Remove all existing numbers*
. place cursor on a blank line at top of list
(create a blank line if you have to)
. press Ctrl H for Find and Replace
click More >>
ensure that 'Use wildcards' box is checked
in 'Find what' type (without quotes): '^13[0-9]{1,4} ¦ '
in 'Replace with' type (without quotes): '^13'
click Replace All
*Auto Number the List*
. press Ctrl A to select/highlight the entire list
. Home > Paragraph > click on Numbering icon
*Make gap after Number Consistent for Entire List*
. click anywhere on page to remove any highlighting
. right-click on any list number and select Adjust List Indents
. change 'Follow number with' to Space (we don't want tabs)
. click OK
*Remove Blank Lines in List when 100, 200... is Reached*
click More >>
ensure that 'Use wildcards' box is UNchecked
in 'Find what' type (without quotes): '^p^p'
in 'Replace with' type (without quotes): '^p'
click Replace All
THAT'S IT!
*Test by Deleting, Inserting, and Adding Lines (i.e. song, artist...)*
(for me, these list edits worked perfectly)
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