odd line numbers

[Ana Perez]

Hi, I want to show only the odd line numbers ¿How can I do that? I can do it
with 2, 4, 6, 8.... but not with 1, 3, 5... that is what I need.

Thank you

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Current versions of Word do not offer any way to do what you need.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Nor 2007, just in case that is not considered to be current.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I was expressly excluding it since (a) it hasn't shipped yet and (b) I
couldn't speak for it, so thanks for confirming that hope would be futile.
Also, when I said "do not offer any way to do what you need," I should have
qualified that as meaning that Word does not offer any built-in, automatic
way to do it. It could be done with a text box anchored to the header
containing line numbers, but (a) they won't be accurate unless the line
spacing is entirely uniform and unbroken, and (b) they'll restart on every
page. For those reasons, I don't consider this a viable option.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

While I agree that it is very tricky to set it up, the numbers can be made
to continue the sequence on the following pages by using field constructions
such as

{ = ((({ page } -1 ) * nn ) + 1 ) }

{ = ((({ page } -1 ) * nn ) + 3 ) }

{ = ((({ page } -1 ) * nn ) + 5 ) }

to

{ = ((({ page } -1 ) * nn ) + nn ) }

in the text box for each line number, where nn is the last number in the
sequence on the first page.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP