Convert headings to bulleted list, preserving levels

Question

I have a document with, for example, the following headings:

h1. A

h2. B

h3. C

h2. D

h1. E

And I want the headings to actually be a bulleted list, where the heading level becomes the indent level:

* A* B* C

* D

* E

Is there some kind of way to do this? If I select them all and hit "bullets" they're all on the same level. Seems like the information about header "level" could be easily converted into indent level.

Bill Bailey · Answer

I had another thought. You could paste all your headings on to a page, then insert the ToC macro at the top. It does this heading conversion. Then you can just copy/paste from the ToC display.

Bill Bailey · Answer

Are you saying reformat heading text to bullets? If that is the case, highlight all of your headers, then select the clear format option in the editor ribbon, and reformat as bullets. Then tab to adjust the level.

There is no simple way to autoconvert from headings to bullets. My first answer was how to have the headings be displayed as bullets. IT would do what you want, but the items would still be headings.

Jonathan Tuzman · Answer

If this is the only answer, the answer is "no".

I'm not trying to "Display headers as bullets", rather I'm trying to easily convert (actually convert) pasted headers into bullets. Changing the content itself.