Setting the Starting Line Number

Summary: You are not limited to starting the line numbering in a document with 1. You can, instead, start the numbering at any other value you want. This is real handy when you have multiple documents that need to be printed, in order. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003.)

If you are working on a very long document that uses line numbering, you may have stored parts of the document in different files. When you print those files, you don't want the line numbers to start over at 1 for each file you print. To adjust the starting line number for a document, follow these steps:

Select the Page Setup option from the File menu. You will see the Page Setup dialog box.
Click on the Layout tab. (Click here to see a related figure.)
Click on the Line Numbers button. You will see the Line Numbers dialog box. (Click here to see a related figure.)
Adjust the starting line number by changing the number in the Start At box.
Change the line number increment value (Count By) if desired.
Click on OK to close the Line Numbers dialog box.
Click on OK to close the Page Setup dialog box.

Tip #1631 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

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