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Christina - 28 May 2004 00:58 GMT

In a court of appeal document, I need to have the line
numbering appear as 1, 10, 20,30 etc. on each page.

I have changed the line numbering settings to start at 1
and count by 10. Word produces the 10, 20, 30 etc. but
does not show the 1.

Is there a way to get Word to insert the 1 on the first
line of each page?

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garfield-n-odie - 28 May 2004 02:56 GMT

I don't know of a way to do this in the line numbering options. But you
could insert a text box in the the page header, turn off the lines
around the text box, type the number 1 into the text box, and line up
the text box with the automatic numbering that starts at line 10. HTH.

> In a court of appeal document, I need to have the line
> numbering appear as 1, 10, 20,30 etc. on each page.
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> Is there a way to get Word to insert the 1 on the first
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Christina - 28 May 2004 16:43 GMT

Thanks for the tip. I have already done what you suggested
but the problem is that some pages have headings that push
the first line down on the page. As a result, the text box
will not be in the correct location.

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Charles Kenyon - 28 May 2004 17:08 GMT

Are the headings not counted as part of the line numbers?

I haven't tried it since we don't have line numbering requirements here in
briefs, but...

If the automatic line numbering works with the variations caused by your
headings but simply won't produce the "1" for your first line you could try
turning on the numbering you can get automatically and then placing a text
box or frame (no borders for either) with your "1" floating on top of the
textbox/frame that holds the automatic numbering. This would go in your
header.

If your headings actually start further down the page so you need to move
the "1" down, too, then you could have the pages with those headings start a
new section and use different first page formatting to set that particular
spacing.

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