Peter Hirons wrote: > Gurus, > > Does anyone know if it is possible to get FM to print with line numbers? > > If so, how? > > I have reviewers wanting this. > > Peter >
There's been lots of discussion on how this could be achieved with varying degrees of difficulty, but I wonder if there's an easier way, depending on the *reason* your reviewers want the numbering. Are they asking for this just to make it easier to pinpoint something on a page, to avoid having to describe things as "the second sentence in the third paragraph under 'Oblating the Retromizer'?" If that's the case, perhaps they would be satisfied with something a little cruder. You could create a duplicate template and add to the master pages in the margin area a vertical series of consecutive numbers at some small font and line spacing. The numbers won't line up exactly with the body text, but would be close enough to enable reviewers to refer to "page 19, lines 40-50" to describe the location of the text in question. If they include the page number, there's no need for the line numbers to be consecutive throughout the book -- each master page could have the same numbering 1-100 or whatever suits. For production, reimport your regular template to get rid of the line numbers. Just a thought... -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink." ? George Orwell
