Microsoft KB Archive/69514

Word: Line Count Appears Inaccurate

PSS ID Number: Q69514 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

When the Show Line Numbers and Count Blank Space options in the View Preferences dialog box are checked (Word 5.50) or when the Options “line numbers:” and “count blank space:” fields are set to Yes (Word 5.00), a line number greater than 1 will appear when the cursor is positioned on the first line of the document. This occurs because Word is taking the top margin value into consideration and is counting the number of lines from the top of the page.

Example
If the top margin is set to 1 inch and there are six lines of text per inch, the first line of the document would actually be considered as line 7.

To alleviate confusion, the Count Blank Space option should not be checked (Word 5.50) or the Options “count blank space:” field should be set to No (Word 5.00). If this option is not selected, the line count will appear as number 1 for the first line of the document.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Word versions 5.00 and 5.50 can account for blank spaces when counting lines. This is set in the View Preferences dialog box (Word 5.50) or the Options menu (Word 5.00). The Count Blank Space option will count the blank space before and after a paragraph, as well as the blank space associated with paragraph line spacing. The top margin value is also included in the line count.

Reference(s): Microsoft Product Support Technician.

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