LineNumbering.StartingNumber Property (Word)
Returns or sets the starting line number. Read/write Long.
Syntax
expression .StartingNumber
expression Required. A variable that represents a LineNumbering object.
Remarks
You must be in print layout view to see line numbering.
Example
This example creates a new document, sets the starting number for footnotes to 10, and then adds a footnote at the insertion point.
Set myDoc = Documents.Add
With myDoc.Footnotes
.StartingNumber = 10
.Add Range:=Selection.Range, Text:="Text for a footnote"
End With
This example enables line numbering for the active document. The starting number is set to 5, every fifth line number is shown, and the numbering starts over at the beginning of each section in the document.
With ActiveDocument.PageSetup.LineNumbering
.Active = True
.StartingNumber = 5
.CountBy = 5
.RestartMode = wdRestartSection
End With
This example sets properties for page numbers, and then it adds page numbers to the header of the active document.
With ActiveDocument.Sections(1) _
.Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).PageNumbers
.NumberStyle = wdPageNumberStyleArabic
.IncludeChapterNumber = False
.RestartNumberingAtSection = True
.StartingNumber = 5
.Add PageNumberAlignment:=wdAlignPageNumberCenter, _
FirstPage:=True
End With