How to generate special outline numbering list.

Capungo · #1 02-11-2012, 11:17 AM

Hello All,

Is there a way to generate a special numbering list to use in every kind of new documents? I am Turkish and we have different letters to use in a numbering list such as ç, ı, ö and ü. But Word doesn't offer these letters in the list galleries and I guess the list templates are hard-coded in Word.

Any kind of help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance...

Note: I am not so bad at VBA...

Stefan Blom · #2 02-11-2012, 12:30 PM

Look up the wdListNumberStyle constant in the Object Browser of the Visual Basic Editor. You'll notice that there are more numbering styles than offered in the user interface. For example:

Code:

 
Sub ApplyFormattingToNumList()
Dim lt As ListTemplate
Dim s As ListTemplate
For Each s In ActiveDocument.ListTemplates
If s.Name = "tryout" Then
Set lt = s
Exit For
End If
Next s
With lt
.ListLevels(1).NumberStyle = wdListNumberStyleLowercaseTurkish
'add code for other settings and for other levels here
End With
Selection.Range.ListFormat.ApplyListTemplate lt
End Sub

Code:

Sub CreateListTemplate()
Dim lt As ListTemplate
Set lt = ActiveDocument.ListTemplates.Add(OutlineNumbered:=True, Name:=tryout)
End Sub

Note that in this simplified example I have applied the list format directly to text, while it is wiser to attach each level to a paragraph style.

Capungo · #3 02-12-2012, 10:20 PM

Mr.Blom,

First of all, thank you very much for your answer. It's my fault not to have said that I use Word 2003 and 2007. I am sorry for that. In Word 2010, you can write down a list on a blank page and convert it to a list style by the means of the user interface. The link below says that's already a new object in Word 2010:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff834895.aspx

I am using Word 2007 at home and Word 2003 at work. That's my problem. I need to create a list style (as a template maybe) and keep it to use as default numbering style anytime I need it.

Capungo · #4 02-13-2012, 12:33 PM

Mr.Blom,

Thank you very much. I consider it solved at least for Word 2010.

Stefan Blom · #5 02-13-2012, 12:57 PM

Sorry, I didn't pay attention to the version you were using. I believe you are right: the options are not available in earlier versions of Word. :-(

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