Jumping to a Relative Line Number

Summary: One of the convenient ways to navigate through your document is to jump forwards or backwards a specific number of lines. You can do this using the Go To tab of the Find and Replace dialog box, as described in this tip. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003.)

In other issues of WordTips you learned how to jump to a specific line number in your document. If you modify the technique a bit, you can easily jump to a line number relative to your current line number. Follow these steps:

Choose the Go To option from the Edit menu, or simply press F5. You will see the Go To tab of the Find and Replace dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
On the left side of the Go To dialog box, make sure that you indicate you want to go to a line.
Enter the line number to which you want to move, preceded by a plus or minus sign. If you use a plus sign, you go forward the specified number of lines; a minus sign moves backwards. )As an example, you could jump forward five lines by entering +5.) The Next button changes to Go To.
Click on Go To, or press Enter.

Tip #1167 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

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