Microsoft KB Archive/42055

Line Numbering Starting with “0” (Zero)

PSS ID Number: Q42055 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SUMMARY =

In versions 3.x and 4.0 of Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, when you want Word to automatically number lines and you specify 0 (zero) as the starting line number, Word starts the line numbering at 0 only in the first section of the document.


 * In version 4.0 of Word, you specify the starting number for numbering lines in the Number Lines From box by choosing Document from the Format menu.
 * In versions 3.x of Word, you specify the starting number for numbering lines in the Line Numbers At box by choosing Page Setup from the File menu.

Numbering lines from 0 indactes to Word that a document will continue line numbering starting with a line number from a document before it (in a series of linked documents). Therefore, numbering lines from 0 is only supported for the first section of a document.

Workaround
To print a document with different sections and have line numbering for each section start from 0, you must break the document into separate files so that each section is its own document.

= MORE INFORMATION =

In Word versions 5.0 and 5.1, line numbers cannot start at 0.

To use line numbering in Word versions 5.0 and 5.1, choose Section from the Format menu and then choose the Line Numbers button. To specify the starting line number, choose Document from the Format menu, choose the File Series button, and type the starting line number in the Number Lines From box.

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