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
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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