Hi Word People,
I'm hoping people can help me with what I first thought would be an easy problem. In short, I need a quick way to convert an MS Word Outline into a text-based outline.
I have a detailed business plan written up in MS Word 2007. The plan involves many procedures; each procedures has detailed steps, substeps, subsubsteps, and so on. I originally documented them using a multilevel outline in MS word. On the page, my outline looks like this:
HTML Code:
1. Level 1
a. Level 2
b. Level 2
i. Level 3
ii. Level 3
1. Level 4
2. Level 4 - Really long text string here Really long text
string here - Really long text string here
iii. Level 3
2. Level 1
a. Level 2
b. Level 2
3. Level 1
You get the idea.
My problem is I need to adapt the Word document to our online database, which doesn't understand Word's outline format. When I paste the above into the database, I see this...
HTML Code:
1. Level 1 a. Level 2 b. Level 2 i. Level 3 ii. Level 3 1. Level 4 2. Level 4 Really long text
string here Really long text string here - Really long text string here iii. Level 3 2. Level 1 a. Level 2 b.
Level 2 3. Level 1
...which is obviously useless. What I need at the minimum is a macro or script or feature that can crudely convert a Word outline into a readable text outline. This could be done by taking the Word outline-formatted text and substitute the appropriate number of spaces before each level to preserve the outline format. I would also need an extra newline at the end of each line.
Below is kind of what I have in mind, just assume each "." represents a space character:
HTML Code:
1...Level 1
......a...Level 2
......b...Level 2
............i...Level 3
............ii...Level 3
..................1. Level 4
..................2. Level 4 Really long text string here Really long text
string here - Really long text string here
............iii...Level 3
2...Level 1
......a...Level 2
......b...Level 2
3...Level 1
While the above is clunky, it will serve my purposes. Does anyone know of a feature or macro or script which can do this?
Many thanks!
-redapplesonly