The formatting of line numbers is controlled by the Line Number
character style. If this style has been formatted as hidden, that
would explain why you can't see the line numbers. Remove the hidden
attribute manually from the style.

Alternatively, try the following steps: Activate the problem document.
Press Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic Editor. Press Ctrl+G to open
the Immediate Window. In that window, type

ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleLineNumber).Font.Hidd en = False

and press Enter. Then close the Visual Basic Editor.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Darius" wrote in message
...
Nope it is not checked
To see if it makes any sense to find the problem. The text in
english but it
was produced in an environemnt in the word which supports languages
which can
write from right to left.
OS at first when I add line number it keep stayed on Right side and
I could
not drop it to left side so I askd him (the writer) to add line
number and I
cannot see them, however I can see same time line numebr in my other
text
files that I write here by my own word.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Check the paragraph formatting (Format | Paragraph | Line and Page
Breaks)
to make sure that "Suppress line numbers" is not checked.

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"Darius" wrote in message
...
Yes I do lloking at it always by "print layout view" but no line
numebrs.
Any help?


"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

Are you working in Normal view? If yes, then switch to Print
Layout view, because line numbers are not visible in Normal
view.

Darius wrote:

I recieved a word file from a friend, I tried to put line
number to
this text
file but could not, later on I asked him do it himself, he
did and
send back
the file again I cannot see the line number. I tried again,
Filepage
setup layoutline number
everything has been ticked as I want to put line number but
still
there is
no line number. My friend says he can see the line number on
his
computer but
I cannot see it on mine. Can anybody help what to do?
Thanks