In such situations you'd be a lot better off using Word's built-in line
numbering feature rather than fixed numbering in the margin.

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"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

You need to set the line spacing in the paragraph style you are using to
match the numbering along the side. (Also the spacing between
paragraphs.)
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When I prepare a legal pleading the first line of text is slightly
above
the
number "1" in the left margin - and the lines are not the same
distance
apart
as the numbers in the margin, so that only about 2 out of 10 lines are
actually lined up properly. How do I synchronize these things?


Thanks - except it doesn't seem to work - perhaps I just can't find the
correct combination of settings. Also, is there a way to do it for the
whole document at once, given that there are single space sections and
double space sections?