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Anonymous
2018-08-02T07:12:38+00:00

Hi

When I put line numbers in a section of a Word document, line numbers are not visible on my computer screen. When I print the document line numbers are there but they don't show up on screen.

What can I do?

Thank you

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  1. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-08-02T08:39:18+00:00

    Is the first page in a separate Section of the document.  Line Numbers are an attribute of a Section and to apply them to the whole document,  press CTRL+A to select the whole document and then turn on the display of Line Numbers via the Margins tab of the Page Setup dialog.

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  2. DaveM121 891K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2018-08-02T07:16:04+00:00

    Hi Danielle,

    What view are you using for your document?

    In Word, line numbers are displayed only in Print Layout view

    Go to the View Tab, Choose Print Layout

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  3. Stefan Blom 342.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-08-03T13:37:39+00:00

    You can upload an example document to OneDrive or Dropbox, make it public and post a link here. Or you can send the document directly to Doug, which he has now suggested. :-)

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-08-03T03:18:26+00:00

    Hi

    Thank you for your answer.

    I am still trying to solve the problem.

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  5. Stefan Blom 342.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-08-02T23:14:21+00:00

    I have seen that suppressing line numbers for some, but not all, text lines on a page may prevent all numbers from being visible, but I haven't been able to reproduce it consistently.

    Could you perhaps share an example document which illustrates this problem?

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