Syed.Hosain at aeris.net wrote: >> 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'?" > > Some standard document formats need line numbers as part of their > requirements. For example: > > 1. Some legal documents. > > 2. Patent filings (numbered every five lines). > > Z > >
That's true, but the original poster specified this was a request from reviewers, implying an editing, not a production requirement. -- 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
