Re: Auto-creating a numbered list from pasted section?

[Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net>]

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Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote:
>Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:
>
>> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote:
>>
>>     Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:
>>     
>>         Hi Sharon,
>>         
>>         Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net> writes:
>>         
>>             In an org-mode document I can <h which when TABBED gives
>me 
>>             #+BEGIN_HTML
>>             
>>             #+END_HTML
>>             
>>             In the same document I have a list of numbered items,
>actually academic
>>             references, is it possible using something like <r to
>have each and
>>             every one done as part of a numbered list please? It
>would be so much
>>             simpler than going through numbering each and every one
>by hand!
>>             I'm not sure what you mean by
>>             
>>             "done as part of a numbered list"
>>             
>>             As for re-numbering items from a numbered list, moving
>one item up and
>>             down will renumber
>>             the whole list automagically.
>>             
>>             Please give more details if this does not reply your
>question.
>>         
>>         Also not sure what you mean, but maybe mark all the things
>you want to
>>         be list items, and then use "C-c -" to actually make them
>list items?
>>         Hit that again a few times to cycle through
>ordered/unordered, etc.
>>         
>>         That's my guess.
>>         
>>         
>>         
>>    
>>     Thanks for this, you'll have to bear with me as I have no
>>     Internet access atm due to a fault on the line.
>>    
>>     This is referring to a academic reference list on a medical
>>     journal reference list, where the articles are referenced in the
>>     body of the article and then all listed at the end in numbered
>>     order as they appear in the article.
>>    
>>     What I'm after is some way of auto-numbering a highlighted number
>>     of references so that I don't have to number them all by hand.
>
>That still sounds to me like you're creating a numbered list from what
>is currently just a series of lines and paragraphs. Or else you're
>trying to do what org footnotes do: automatically link the numbering
>between the in-text references, and the article list at the end. Maybe
>try footnotes?
>
>If this isn't right, maybe show us a simple example of the text you've
>got, and what you're hoping to do.
>
>Eric

I'm attaching 'paste.org' which shows 2 lines of a reference list of 42 items, which I've had to number by hand. What I'm looking for is highlighting the list, press several keys and the list is auto-numbered. 

Can it be done please? 

Thanks 
Sharon. 
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