[Peter T. Daniels]

I'm typing a page of Arabic. Is there any way to get the line numbers
to appear in the right margin (i.e., at the beginnings of the lines)?
Setting "mirror margins" doesn't do it.

[Guy Lydig]

Is your text direction set to: right-to-left?

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

I'm typing a page of Arabic. Is there any way to get the line numbers
to appear in the right margin (i.e., at the beginnings of the lines)?
Setting "mirror margins" doesn't do it.
.

[Peter T. Daniels]

Paragraph by paragraph; Text Direction (the button on the Home tab)
can't be included in a paragraph style.

If there's a way to set Text Direction for a section, I didn't find it
in Page Setup.

On Nov 1, 12:50*am, Guy Lydig
wrote:
Is your text direction set to: right-to-left?



"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
I'm typing a page of Arabic. Is there any way to get the line numbers
to appear in the right margin (i.e., at the beginnings of the lines)?
Setting "mirror margins" doesn't do it.

[Greg Maxey[_2_]]

Mr. Daniels,

I don't have "support for ... languages" enabled so I didn't test. However
this might help you:

Change paragraph direction
The feature or some of the options described in this Help topic are
only available if support for right-to-left (right-to-left: Refers to
keyboard settings, document views, user interface objects, and the direction
in which text is displayed. Arabic and Hebrew are right-to-left languages.)
languages is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

1.. Place the insertion point in the paragraph that you want to
change, or select several paragraphs.
2.. Do one of the following:
a.. To have text begin from the left, click Left-to-Right on the
Formatting toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to
carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.).
a.. To have text begin from the right, click Right-to-Left on the
Formatting toolbar.
When you change the paragraph direction, Microsoft Word leaves
justified and centered text as it is. In the case of left-aligned or
right-aligned text, Word flips the alignment to its opposite. For example,
if you have a left-to-right paragraph that is right aligned, such as the
date at the top of a letter, clicking Right-to-Left results in a
right-to-left paragraph that is left aligned.


That being said, and ICBW, based on what appears to be avialabe
programatically, Line Numbers can only be positioned in the left margin:

Sub ScratchMaco()
With ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.LineNumbering
.Active = True
.CountBy = 5
'DistanceFromText: Returns or sets the distance (in points) between the
right edge _
'of line numbers and the left edge of the document text. Read/write
Single.
.DistanceFromText = 5
End With
End Sub

As you should see, DistanceFromText is based on "the left edge of the
document text." A negative value creates and error.


Peter T. Daniels wrote:
Paragraph by paragraph; Text Direction (the button on the Home tab)
can't be included in a paragraph style.

If there's a way to set Text Direction for a section, I didn't find it
in Page Setup.

On Nov 1, 12:50 am, Guy Lydig
wrote:
Is your text direction set to: right-to-left?



"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
I'm typing a page of Arabic. Is there any way to get the line
numbers to appear in the right margin (i.e., at the beginnings of
the lines)? Setting "mirror margins" doesn't do it.

--
Greg Maxey

See my web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

[Peter T. Daniels]

What did you include there that I didn't already describe? Text
direction is set paragraph by paragraph, and cannot be assigned to a
paragraph style, and apparently cannot be assigned section by section,
either; and line numbers apparently cannot be placed in the right
margin, even with right-to-left text.

And something has gone very wrong at the end of your message.

On Nov 1, 10:48*am, "Greg Maxey"
wrote:
Mr. Daniels,

I don't have "support for ... languages" enabled so I didn't test. *However
this might help you:

* * * Change paragraph direction
* * * The feature or some of the options described in this Help topic are
only available if support for right-to-left (right-to-left: Refers to
keyboard settings, document views, user interface objects, and the direction
in which text is displayed. Arabic and Hebrew are right-to-left languages..)
languages is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

* * * * 1.. Place the insertion point in the paragraph that you want to
change, or select several paragraphs.
* * * * 2.. Do one of the following:
* * * * * a.. To have text begin from the left, click Left-to-Right *on the
Formatting toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to
carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.).
* * * * * a.. To have text begin from the right, click Right-to-Left on the
Formatting toolbar.
* * * When you change the paragraph direction, Microsoft Word leaves
justified and centered text as it is. In the case of left-aligned or
right-aligned text, Word flips the alignment to its opposite. For example,
if you have a left-to-right paragraph that is right aligned, such as the
date at the top of a letter, clicking Right-to-Left *results in a
right-to-left paragraph that is left aligned.

That being said, and ICBW, based on what appears to be avialabe
programatically, Line Numbers can only be positioned in the left margin:

Sub ScratchMaco()
With ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.LineNumbering
* .Active = True
* .CountBy = 5
* 'DistanceFromText: Returns or sets the distance (in points) between the
right edge _
* 'of line numbers and the left edge of the document text. Read/write
Single.
* .DistanceFromText = 5
End With
End Sub

As you should see, DistanceFromText is based on "the left edge of the
document text." *A negative value creates and error.





Peter T. Daniels wrote:
Paragraph by paragraph; Text Direction (the button on the Home tab)
can't be included in a paragraph style.

If there's a way to set Text Direction for a section, I didn't find it
in Page Setup.

On Nov 1, 12:50 am, Guy Lydig
wrote:
Is your text direction set to: right-to-left?

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
I'm typing a page of Arabic. Is there any way to get the line
numbers to appear in the right margin (i.e., at the beginnings of
the lines)? Setting "mirror margins" doesn't do it.

--
Greg Maxey

See my web sitehttp://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

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[Greg Maxey[_2_]]

Mr. Daniels,

Are you off your medications today? After a few days of nearly perfectly
delivered posts and replies, each devoid of your characteristic arrogance, I
thought that perhaps you had made the turn and would start behaving. Now
this.

You are the one that asked the question he

"Is there any way to get the line numbers to appear in the right margin
(i.e., at the beginnings of the lines)?"

If you already knew that the answer was no, as I tried to confirm with the
VBA demonstration, then why did you ask?


Peter T. Daniels wrote:
What did you include there that I didn't already describe? Text
direction is set paragraph by paragraph, and cannot be assigned to a
paragraph style, and apparently cannot be assigned section by section,
either; and line numbers apparently cannot be placed in the right
margin, even with right-to-left text.

And something has gone very wrong at the end of your message.

On Nov 1, 10:48 am, "Greg Maxey"
wrote:
Mr. Daniels,

I don't have "support for ... languages" enabled so I didn't test.
However
this might help you:

Change paragraph direction
The feature or some of the options described in this Help topic are
only available if support for right-to-left (right-to-left: Refers to
keyboard settings, document views, user interface objects, and the
direction
in which text is displayed. Arabic and Hebrew are right-to-left
languages.)
languages is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

1.. Place the insertion point in the paragraph that you want to
change, or select several paragraphs.
2.. Do one of the following:
a.. To have text begin from the left, click Left-to-Right on the
Formatting toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you
use to
carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then
SHIFT+F10.).
a.. To have text begin from the right, click Right-to-Left on the
Formatting toolbar.
When you change the paragraph direction, Microsoft Word leaves
justified and centered text as it is. In the case of left-aligned or
right-aligned text, Word flips the alignment to its opposite. For
example,
if you have a left-to-right paragraph that is right aligned, such as
the
date at the top of a letter, clicking Right-to-Left results in a
right-to-left paragraph that is left aligned.

That being said, and ICBW, based on what appears to be avialabe
programatically, Line Numbers can only be positioned in the left
margin:

Sub ScratchMaco()
With ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.LineNumbering
.Active = True
.CountBy = 5
'DistanceFromText: Returns or sets the distance (in points) between
the
right edge _
'of line numbers and the left edge of the document text. Read/write
Single.
.DistanceFromText = 5
End With
End Sub

As you should see, DistanceFromText is based on "the left edge of the
document text." A negative value creates and error.





Peter T. Daniels wrote:
Paragraph by paragraph; Text Direction (the button on the Home tab)
can't be included in a paragraph style.

If there's a way to set Text Direction for a section, I didn't find
it in Page Setup.

On Nov 1, 12:50 am, Guy Lydig
wrote:
Is your text direction set to: right-to-left?

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote:
I'm typing a page of Arabic. Is there any way to get the line
numbers to appear in the right margin (i.e., at the beginnings of
the lines)? Setting "mirror margins" doesn't do it.

--
Greg Maxey

See my web sitehttp://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

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--
Greg Maxey

See my web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

[Greg Maxey[_2_]]

Yes.

If you have an appropriate language enabled (e.g., Arabic (Iraq)) then you
can use a macro to set specific section direction. For example the
following macro will display line numbers in the right margin in secton 1.

Sub ScratchMaco()
ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.SectionDirect ion =
wdSectionDirectionRtl
End Sub

Note: If you do not have an appropriate language enabled (I defer to Mr.
Daniels' expertise on what other languages may or may not be appropriate) or
subsequently disable the language then this setting will suppress the
display of line numbering. To restore them you would need to set the
direction back to left to right using:

Sub ScratchMaco()
ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.SectionDirect ion =
wdSectionDirectionLtr
End Sub

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
I'm typing a page of Arabic. Is there any way to get the line numbers
to appear in the right margin (i.e., at the beginnings of the lines)?
Setting "mirror margins" doesn't do it.

--
Greg Maxey

See my web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

[Peter T. Daniels]

As usual, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

The existence of a "SectionDirection" command within PageSetup
prompted me to look more closely for the option.

In order to make a section read right-to-left, go to Page Setup
Layout second dropdown at the top.

No macro needed.

However, though line numbers are checked, they do not display. (In
fact, they blinked off when I Ok'd the Page Setup Layout change,
though the Line Numbers box was still checked.) So it appears _still_
to be impossible to get line numbers in the right margin with right-to-
left text.

On Nov 1, 7:55*pm, "Greg Maxey"
wrote:
Yes.

If you have an appropriate language enabled (e.g., Arabic (Iraq)) then you
can use a macro to set specific section direction. *For example the
following macro will display line numbers in the right margin in secton 1..

Sub ScratchMaco()
ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.SectionDirect ion =
wdSectionDirectionRtl
End Sub

Note: *If you do not have an appropriate language enabled (I defer to Mr.

[Greg Maxey[_2_]]

Mr. Daniels,

You were the one that posted here claiming it didn't exist. Where you
blinded by arrogance?

I looked before enabling an Arabic language. Hopefully my self admitted
ignorance of the world's languages wiil excuse the oversight.

Would you like for me to post a picture for the whole world to see or send
you an example?

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
As usual, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

The existence of a "SectionDirection" command within PageSetup
prompted me to look more closely for the option.

In order to make a section read right-to-left, go to Page Setup
Layout second dropdown at the top.

No macro needed.

However, though line numbers are checked, they do not display. (In
fact, they blinked off when I Ok'd the Page Setup Layout change,
though the Line Numbers box was still checked.) So it appears _still_
to be impossible to get line numbers in the right margin with
right-to- left text.

On Nov 1, 7:55 pm, "Greg Maxey"
wrote:
Yes.

If you have an appropriate language enabled (e.g., Arabic (Iraq))
then you can use a macro to set specific section direction. For
example the following macro will display line numbers in the right
margin in secton 1.

Sub ScratchMaco()
ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.SectionDirect ion =
wdSectionDirectionRtl
End Sub

Note: If you do not have an appropriate language enabled (I defer to
Mr. Daniels' expertise on what other languages may or may not be
appropriate) or subsequently disable the language then this setting
will suppress the display of line numbering. To restore them you
would need to set the direction back to left to right using:

Sub ScratchMaco()
ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.SectionDirect ion =
wdSectionDirectionLtr
End Sub

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
I'm typing a page of Arabic. Is there any way to get the line
numbers to appear in the right margin (i.e., at the beginnings of
the lines)? Setting "mirror margins" doesn't do it.

--
Greg Maxey

See my web sitehttp://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

--
Greg Maxey

See my web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

[Peter T. Daniels]

In the middle of the night, Sociopath Maxey began whining to the
newsgroup that I wasn't acknowledging his messages, so he emailed me a
document that does indeed contain Arabic text, in a right-to-left
section (apparently he failed to read the posting to which he appended
this response), that does indeed contain line numbering in the right
margin. Extending the sample text to more than 4 lines, I found that
it also works with counting every fifth line.

This does not explain, however, why the line numbering does not appear
on screen at all in my actual file within a right-to-left section
containing actual Arabic text, or why when the page is printed, the
line numbers do appear -- printed over the text -- inset from the
right margin.

I experimented with each of these parameters: changing the font from
TNR to the one I was using ("Arabic Typesetting"); line numbering in
This section only; Next page section break instead of Continuous;
narrowing the margins to match those in my document. In each case,
line numbering appears properly in Greg's document and not in my
document.

His document includes the macro for changing section direction, but
the macro does not appear to contain a line number command.

On Nov 2, 1:05*am, "Greg Maxey"
wrote:
Mr. Daniels,

You were the one that posted here claiming it didn't exist. *Where you
blinded by arrogance?

I looked before enabling an Arabic language. *Hopefully my self admitted
ignorance of the world's languages wiil excuse the oversight.

Would you like for me to post a picture for the whole world to see or send
you an example?

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
As usual, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

The existence of a "SectionDirection" command within PageSetup
prompted me to look more closely for the option.

In order to make a section read right-to-left, go to Page Setup
Layout second dropdown at the top.

No macro needed.

However, though line numbers are checked, they do not display. (In
fact, they blinked off when I Ok'd the Page Setup Layout change,
though the Line Numbers box was still checked.) So it appears _still_
to be impossible to get line numbers in the right margin with
right-to- left text.

On Nov 1, 7:55 pm, "Greg Maxey"
wrote:
Yes.

If you have an appropriate language enabled (e.g., Arabic (Iraq))
then you can use a macro to set specific section direction. For
example the following macro will display line numbers in the right
margin in secton 1.

Sub ScratchMaco()
ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.SectionDirect ion =
wdSectionDirectionRtl
End Sub

Note: If you do not have an appropriate language enabled (I defer to
Mr. Daniels' expertise on what other languages may or may not be
appropriate) or subsequently disable the language then this setting
will suppress the display of line numbering. To restore them you
would need to set the direction back to left to right using:

Sub ScratchMaco()
ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.SectionDirect ion =
wdSectionDirectionLtr
End Sub

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
I'm typing a page of Arabic. Is there any way to get the line
numbers to appear in the right margin (i.e., at the beginnings of
the lines)? Setting "mirror margins" doesn't do it.

--
Greg Maxey

See my web sitehttp://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

--
Greg Maxey

See my web sitehttp://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.-

[Greg Maxey[_2_]]

Mr. Daniels,

Lacking your skills in reading for content vice context and not knowing what
people really mean by what is unsaid, is all this gibberish an admission
that what you declared as impossible last night you now realize is possible
today?

A hammer for setting linenumbering programmatically was handed to you in my
first response to this tortured thread. Being something over your head and
unworthy of your attention you chose to treat it with scorn rather than as a
useful tool. Now you grouse about its absence in the Mr. Daniels' Arrogant
Folly document. Which is it Mr. Daniels? We both know that with the
discovery of the Section direction option in PageLayout (You know the option
that you couldn't find. That had it been a snake it would have bitten you)
that a macro isn't required. Still, to temper your fresh round of grumbling
here it is:

Sub DanielsWantsAHammer()
With ActiveDocument
With .Sections(1) 'This is the left to right Mr Daniels' Arrogant Folly
text
With .PageSetup
.SectionDirection = wdSectionDirectionLtr
With .LineNumbering
.Active = True
.StartingNumber = 1 'or whatever
.CountBy = 1 'or whatever
.RestartMode = wdRestartSection 'or whatever
.DistanceFromText = 12 'or whatever
End With
End With
End With
With .Sections(2) 'This is the Arabic text
With .PageSetup
.SectionDirection = wdSectionDirectionRtl
With .LineNumbering
.Active = True
.StartingNumber = 1 'or whatever
.CountBy = 1 'or whatever
.RestartMode = wdRestartSection 'or whatever
.DistanceFromText = 12 'or whatever
End With
End With
End With
End With
End Sub

If you can curb your arrogance and rants long enough to send me your
troublesome file, I would be delighted to try to find a solution for you.
NB that that I said "try." You being a dilletante and all there is no
telling what sort of disaster you have created. How was it that you put it?
Oh yes. That's your problem, not to be transferred to
others who happen to have more skill working with Word.

Cheers.

--
Greg Maxey

See my web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
In the middle of the night, Sociopath Maxey began whining to the
newsgroup that I wasn't acknowledging his messages, so he emailed me a
document that does indeed contain Arabic text, in a right-to-left
section (apparently he failed to read the posting to which he appended
this response), that does indeed contain line numbering in the right
margin. Extending the sample text to more than 4 lines, I found that
it also works with counting every fifth line.

This does not explain, however, why the line numbering does not appear
on screen at all in my actual file within a right-to-left section
containing actual Arabic text, or why when the page is printed, the
line numbers do appear -- printed over the text -- inset from the
right margin.

I experimented with each of these parameters: changing the font from
TNR to the one I was using ("Arabic Typesetting"); line numbering in
This section only; Next page section break instead of Continuous;
narrowing the margins to match those in my document. In each case,
line numbering appears properly in Greg's document and not in my
document.

His document includes the macro for changing section direction, but
the macro does not appear to contain a line number command.

On Nov 2, 1:05 am, "Greg Maxey"
wrote:
Mr. Daniels,

You were the one that posted here claiming it didn't exist. Where you
blinded by arrogance?

I looked before enabling an Arabic language. Hopefully my self admitted
ignorance of the world's languages wiil excuse the oversight.

Would you like for me to post a picture for the whole world to see or send
you an example?

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
As usual, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

The existence of a "SectionDirection" command within PageSetup
prompted me to look more closely for the option.

In order to make a section read right-to-left, go to Page Setup
Layout second dropdown at the top.

No macro needed.

However, though line numbers are checked, they do not display. (In
fact, they blinked off when I Ok'd the Page Setup Layout change,
though the Line Numbers box was still checked.) So it appears _still_
to be impossible to get line numbers in the right margin with
right-to- left text.

On Nov 1, 7:55 pm, "Greg Maxey"
wrote:
Yes.

If you have an appropriate language enabled (e.g., Arabic (Iraq))
then you can use a macro to set specific section direction. For
example the following macro will display line numbers in the right
margin in secton 1.

Sub ScratchMaco()
ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.SectionDirect ion =
wdSectionDirectionRtl
End Sub

Note: If you do not have an appropriate language enabled (I defer to
Mr. Daniels' expertise on what other languages may or may not be
appropriate) or subsequently disable the language then this setting
will suppress the display of line numbering. To restore them you
would need to set the direction back to left to right using:

Sub ScratchMaco()
ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.SectionDirect ion =
wdSectionDirectionLtr
End Sub

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
I'm typing a page of Arabic. Is there any way to get the line
numbers to appear in the right margin (i.e., at the beginnings of
the lines)? Setting "mirror margins" doesn't do it.

--
Greg Maxey

See my web sitehttp://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

--
Greg Maxey

See my web sitehttp://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.-

[Greg Maxey[_2_]]

Ask no quarter, give none.

For a picture of the impossible see:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Daniels'_ Folly.png



For the document pictured see:



http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Mr_Daniels'_Arrogant_Folly.zip




Peter T. Daniels wrote:
As usual, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

The existence of a "SectionDirection" command within PageSetup
prompted me to look more closely for the option.

In order to make a section read right-to-left, go to Page Setup
Layout second dropdown at the top.

No macro needed.

However, though line numbers are checked, they do not display. (In
fact, they blinked off when I Ok'd the Page Setup Layout change,
though the Line Numbers box was still checked.) So it appears _still_
to be impossible to get line numbers in the right margin with
right-to- left text.

On Nov 1, 7:55 pm, "Greg Maxey"
wrote:
Yes.

If you have an appropriate language enabled (e.g., Arabic (Iraq))
then you can use a macro to set specific section direction. For
example the following macro will display line numbers in the right
margin in secton 1.

Sub ScratchMaco()
ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.SectionDirect ion =
wdSectionDirectionRtl
End Sub

Note: If you do not have an appropriate language enabled (I defer to
Mr. Daniels' expertise on what other languages may or may not be
appropriate) or subsequently disable the language then this setting
will suppress the display of line numbering. To restore them you
would need to set the direction back to left to right using:

Sub ScratchMaco()
ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.SectionDirect ion =
wdSectionDirectionLtr
End Sub

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
I'm typing a page of Arabic. Is there any way to get the line
numbers to appear in the right margin (i.e., at the beginnings of
the lines)? Setting "mirror margins" doesn't do it.

--
Greg Maxey

See my web sitehttp://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

--
Greg Maxey

See my web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.

[Greg Maxey[_2_]]

Ask no quarter, give none.

For a picture of the impossible see:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Daniels'_Folly.png

For the document pictured see:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Mr_Daniels'_Arrogant_Folly.zip


Peter T. Daniels wrote:
As usual, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

The existence of a "SectionDirection" command within PageSetup
prompted me to look more closely for the option.

In order to make a section read right-to-left, go to Page Setup
Layout second dropdown at the top.

No macro needed.

However, though line numbers are checked, they do not display. (In
fact, they blinked off when I Ok'd the Page Setup Layout change,
though the Line Numbers box was still checked.) So it appears _still_
to be impossible to get line numbers in the right margin with
right-to- left text.

On Nov 1, 7:55 pm, "Greg Maxey"
wrote:
Yes.

If you have an appropriate language enabled (e.g., Arabic (Iraq))
then you can use a macro to set specific section direction. For
example the following macro will display line numbers in the right
margin in secton 1.

Sub ScratchMaco()
ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.SectionDirect ion =
wdSectionDirectionRtl
End Sub

Note: If you do not have an appropriate language enabled (I defer to
Mr. Daniels' expertise on what other languages may or may not be
appropriate) or subsequently disable the language then this setting
will suppress the display of line numbering. To restore them you
would need to set the direction back to left to right using:

Sub ScratchMaco()
ActiveDocument.Sections(1).PageSetup.SectionDirect ion =
wdSectionDirectionLtr
End Sub

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
I'm typing a page of Arabic. Is there any way to get the line
numbers to appear in the right margin (i.e., at the beginnings of
the lines)? Setting "mirror margins" doesn't do it.

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Greg Maxey

See my web site http://gregmaxey.mvps.org
for an eclectic collection of Word Tips.