Turn Off Auto Numbering In Word

  1. Open the document whose numbering you want to convert. (You may want to open a copy of the document so that you don't mess up the original document.)

  2. Press Alt+F11. Word displays the VBA Editor.
  3. Press Ctrl+G. This opens the Immediate window.

  4. Type the following in the Immediate window:
    ActiveDocument.Range.ListFormat.ConvertNumbersToText
  5. Press Enter.

  6. Close VBA Editor.