2. In the Layout<\/strong> tab, click on the Line Number<\/strong> option under the Page Setup<\/strong> section. The associated drop-down menu will appear.<\/p>\n 3. From the dropdown menu, choose the appropriate option from the options that appear.<\/p>\n a. N<\/span>one<\/strong>: Lets you remove line numbering for the document.<\/p>\n b. C<\/span>ontinuous<\/strong>: Lets you add continuous line numbering throughout your document.<\/p>\n c. R<\/span>estart Each Page<\/strong>: Line numbering restarts at the beginning of every page.<\/p>\n d. Re<\/span>start Each Section<\/strong>: Line numbering restarts at the beginning of every section.<\/p>\n e. S<\/span>uppress for Current Section<\/strong>: Lets you remove line numbering for the current section.<\/p>\n For normal line numbering of your document, choose the C<\/span>ontinuous<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n You would now notice that line numbers have been added for your whole document.<\/p>\n 1. Select the part of your document where you wish to apply line numbering.<\/p>\n 2. In the Layout<\/strong> tab, click on the Line Number<\/strong> option under the Page Setup<\/strong> section. The associated drop-down menu will appear.<\/p>\n 3. From the drop-down menu that appears, choose Line Numbering Option<\/strong>\u2026 .The Page Setup<\/strong> dialog box will appear.<\/p>\n 4. Go to the Layout<\/strong> tab and choose Continuous<\/strong> in the Section star<\/span>t<\/strong>: field of the Section<\/strong> group. In the Apply<\/span> to<\/strong>: field, choose Selected text<\/strong> and click on the Line Numbers\u2026 button.<\/p>\n 5. The Line Number<\/strong> dialog box appears. Select the Add line numbering<\/strong> checkbox and select the C<\/span>ontinuous<\/strong> radio button and click OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 6. Click on the OK<\/strong> button at the bottom of the Page Setup<\/strong> dialog box to exit from it.<\/p>\n You will now notice that line numbers have been added to the selected part of your Word document.<\/p>\n While using line numbering in Word, you will notice the following:<\/p>\n 1. A table is counted as a single line.<\/p>\n 2. In the case of figures, it is considered a single line.<\/p>\n 3. Text boxes in Word are considered to be a single line. However, if it is wrapped by text, then those lines of text are counted. Though there may be more than a single line of text within the Text Box, they are not counted in line numbering.<\/p>\n In Word, you can format the line numbers to count in a specific pattern as well as a few other changes. To format your line numbers, follow the steps mentioned below.<\/p>\n 1. Select the whole document or a part of your document for which you wish to use line numbers.<\/p>\n 2. In the Layout<\/strong> tab, click on the Line Number<\/strong> option under the Page Setup<\/strong> section. Choose Line Numbering Option<\/strong>\u2026 from the drop-down menu that appears.<\/p>\n 3. From the Page Setup<\/strong> dialog box that appears, click on the Line N<\/span>umbers<\/strong>\u2026 button.<\/p>\n 4. A tiny Line Numbers<\/strong> window appears where you can format how your line numbering behaves.<\/p>\n 5. Check the Add l<\/span>ine numbering<\/strong> checkbox to perform any formatting action. You can make the following customizations to your line numbering.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n a. Start a<\/span>t<\/strong>: Allows you to start from any number other than 1.<\/p>\n b. From t<\/span>ext<\/strong>: Allows you to select a specific spacing for the line numbers in relation to your text.<\/p>\n c. Count b<\/span>y<\/strong>: Instead of numbering every line, this option lets you choose to display line numbers at a fixed interval of lines.<\/p>\n d. Numbering<\/strong>: Allows you to choose how the numbering appears – available options are Restart each page, Restart each section, and Continuous.<\/p>\n 6. Click on OK to exit from the Line Numbers dialog box. Click OK again to apply line numbering according to your formatting.<\/p>\n Now you would observe that the line numbering in your document is behaving exactly as you have set it up.<\/p>\n If you wish to, you can change the appearance of line numbers such that they stand out and are easy to differentiate from normal text. To change the appearance of line numbers in Word, follow the steps given below.<\/p>\n 1. After adding line numbers to your document, click on the arrow to the bottom right of the Styles<\/strong> group of the Home tab to open the Styles<\/strong> pane.<\/p>\n 2. Choose the Options\u2026 button to the bottom right of this panel. The Style pane Options<\/strong> dialog box opens up.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. Under the Select styles to show<\/strong>: choose All styles<\/strong> from the dropdown menu and click on OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 4. In the Styles<\/strong> pane, go to Line Numbers<\/strong> click on the right mouse button. From the menu that appears, choose the M<\/span>odify<\/strong>\u2026 option.<\/p>\n 5. In the Modify Style<\/strong> dialog box, change the font size, style, color, and others as you see fit and press on OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n If you wish to make this a new style template, you can choose to save this style by checking the checkbox next to Add to the S<\/span>tyles gallery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Now you would see that the appearance of line numbers has changed to how you have formatted them.<\/p>\n After you are done with your work or before submission, you might wish to remove the line numbers from your whole document or from a part of it. To remove line numbers in Word, follow the steps given below.<\/p>\n 1. Select the whole document by using the mouse or by using the Ctrl + A<\/strong> keyboard shortcut. If you wish to remove the line numbering of a particular part of your document, only select that part.<\/p>\n 2. In the Layout<\/strong> tab, click on the Line Number<\/strong> option under the Page Setup<\/strong> section. The associated drop-down menu will appear.<\/p>\n![\"select](\"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/select-whole-doc.webp\")
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