auto numbering/outlining - need to fix OR convert to text numbers

I'm working on a bunch of documents, all multiple choice tests, that
have been through various revisions with various people, and are
various combinations of auto numbers and letters and real numbers and
letters.  It's not always clear which are auto-numbered (list or
outline) and which are hand-numbered, but it all looks like this:

1.  question
   a. answer
   b. another answer
   c.  another answer
   d.  another one

The correct answer for this question is d. (nb - this is NOT numbered)

2. another question
  a. another answer
  b.  and so forth

The correct answer for this question is a.

3.  etc

There are several issues:

A.  Ideally I'd like them all to have just real text numbers - is
there a macro to do that, or could someone get me started on making
one? (with 100 questions per chapter and 18 chapters, I really don't
want to do it all by hand!) It's ok if the answers a., b., etc are
auto lettered - but not the numbers.

B. In one document, the questions are numbered 1, 2, 3, and then again
1 thru whatever.  I can't seem to get the second 1 to turn into a 4.

C. IF I decide to have all the questions auto-numbered (e.g. if it's
not relatively easy to convert the numbering to text numbers), how can
I somehow bypass the line that identifies the correct answer, and then
have the subsequent question continue with its numbering?  I *think*
I'd accomplish that by initially having the correct-answer-line
numbered, returning to go on with the next number, and then going back
up to delete the correct-answer-line's number.

D. Also, IF I decide to have them all auto-numbered, then what about
the blank lines between questions?  Is this basically the same answer
- i.e. let it number the blank lines and type a space before hitting
return to the next question, then later zap out those numbers?

Any help will be greatly appreciated, as will a link to a document
that explains the peculiarities of Word's auto-numbering!

Thanks,
PJ

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The short answer is that you are in a hell of a mess.
The longer answer is the answer to your next question
 http://www.**--****.com/ 
is a gentle introduction. Shauna's references at the bottom are well
worth chasing up, especially the dreaded McGhie's article.
It looks daunting, but it is clear and logical.

Numbering is a bit of slog but worth the effort. Your problem looks
like one a beginner would avoid, but it seems you are stuck with
sorting it out.

At some point you might find the numbering giants at


your more arcane questions, even though John McGhie hangs about in this
Macintosh backwater more than somewhat. [1]

1. Look at that Clive! A Damon Runyon parody.

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