I am doing extensive quoting of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". The poem
needs to have line numbers, but I do NOT want the explanatory text and
the title to be included in the line count. I've seen how to apply line
numbers to the entire text, but how do I apply it to only PART of the
text, just the quoted poetry?

Oh, and how do I fix the footnotes so that there is no superscript in
the main document, and the footnotes (which will refer back to the line
numbers) still appear at the bottom of the page?

help?

Diana

dianaiad wrote:
I am doing extensive quoting of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". The poem
needs to have line numbers, but I do NOT want the explanatory text and
the title to be included in the line count. I've seen how to apply
line numbers to the entire text, but how do I apply it to only PART
of the text, just the quoted poetry?

Whether line numbers display is a section-level property. Insert a
continuous section break between the explanatory text and the poetry, and
enable line numbers only in the poetry section. Note that you can't
automatically continue the line numbering sequence from one poetry section
to the next if there is a non-numbered section between them; each section
will start at 1 or whatever you set in the Line Numbers dialog.

Oh, and how do I fix the footnotes so that there is no superscript in
the main document, and the footnotes (which will refer back to the
line numbers) still appear at the bottom of the page?

I don't think it's possible to make footnote numbers take their values from
line numbers. You can choose the nonbreaking space (Alt+0160) as the custom
footnote symbol so that no number appears either in the text *or* in the
footnote, and manually refer to the line number. Because the line numbers of
the quoted poetry won't change, that's probably acceptable here, but there's
no way to automate it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Jay Freedman wrote:
dianaiad wrote:
I am doing extensive quoting of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". The poem
needs to have line numbers, but I do NOT want the explanatory text and
the title to be included in the line count. I've seen how to apply
line numbers to the entire text, but how do I apply it to only PART
of the text, just the quoted poetry?

Whether line numbers display is a section-level property. Insert a
continuous section break between the explanatory text and the poetry, and
enable line numbers only in the poetry section. Note that you can't
automatically continue the line numbering sequence from one poetry section
to the next if there is a non-numbered section between them; each section
will start at 1 or whatever you set in the Line Numbers dialog.

Thank you, Jay; in this case, your solution works perfectly; the main
quote was one very long section of text.

I manually inserted the line numbers in the smaller, interspersed
quotes.

Oh, and how do I fix the footnotes so that there is no superscript in
the main document, and the footnotes (which will refer back to the
line numbers) still appear at the bottom of the page?

I don't think it's possible to make footnote numbers take their values from
line numbers. You can choose the nonbreaking space (Alt+0160) as the custom
footnote symbol so that no number appears either in the text *or* in the
footnote, and manually refer to the line number. Because the line numbers of
the quoted poetry won't change, that's probably acceptable here, but there's
no way to automate it.

Oh dear.

How do I do that?

Diana

dianaiad wrote:
Jay Freedman wrote:
dianaiad wrote:
I am doing extensive quoting of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". The
poem needs to have line numbers, but I do NOT want the explanatory
text and the title to be included in the line count. I've seen how
to apply line numbers to the entire text, but how do I apply it to
only PART of the text, just the quoted poetry?

Whether line numbers display is a section-level property. Insert a
continuous section break between the explanatory text and the
poetry, and enable line numbers only in the poetry section. Note
that you can't automatically continue the line numbering sequence
from one poetry section to the next if there is a non-numbered
section between them; each section will start at 1 or whatever you
set in the Line Numbers dialog.

Thank you, Jay; in this case, your solution works perfectly; the main
quote was one very long section of text.

I manually inserted the line numbers in the smaller, interspersed
quotes.

Oh, and how do I fix the footnotes so that there is no superscript
in the main document, and the footnotes (which will refer back to
the line numbers) still appear at the bottom of the page?

I don't think it's possible to make footnote numbers take their
values from line numbers. You can choose the nonbreaking space
(Alt+0160) as the custom footnote symbol so that no number appears
either in the text *or* in the footnote, and manually refer to the
line number. Because the line numbers of the quoted poetry won't
change, that's probably acceptable here, but there's no way to
automate it.

Oh dear.

How do I do that?

Diana

First, I'll say that Daiya's suggestion of setting the Hidden attribute on
the Footnote Reference style is probably the easier solution for creating
footnotes without visible numbers or symbols. The reason is that the style
change is something you can do once for the entire document, or -- if you
save that change in the template -- once for all documents based on the same
template.

My suggestion of using an invisible character requires you to type the
character again for each footnote. If you're still interested, though, read
on...

In the Footnote dialog (which you can reach either through the Insert menu
or with the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F), put the cursor in the Custom box and press
the combination Ctrl+Alt+spacebar. Click OK. The cursor will go to the
footnote area but there won't be any number or symbol there. (If you turn on
nonprinting characters by clicking the ¶ button, you'll see a small circle
that represents the nonbreaking space.) Type the number of the line you're
referring to, and the rest of the footnote.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

Jay Freedman wrote:
dianaiad wrote:
Jay Freedman wrote:
dianaiad wrote:
I am doing extensive quoting of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". The
poem needs to have line numbers, but I do NOT want the explanatory
text and the title to be included in the line count. I've seen how
to apply line numbers to the entire text, but how do I apply it to
only PART of the text, just the quoted poetry?

Whether line numbers display is a section-level property. Insert a
continuous section break between the explanatory text and the
poetry, and enable line numbers only in the poetry section. Note
that you can't automatically continue the line numbering sequence
from one poetry section to the next if there is a non-numbered
section between them; each section will start at 1 or whatever you
set in the Line Numbers dialog.

Thank you, Jay; in this case, your solution works perfectly; the main
quote was one very long section of text.

I manually inserted the line numbers in the smaller, interspersed
quotes.

Oh, and how do I fix the footnotes so that there is no superscript
in the main document, and the footnotes (which will refer back to
the line numbers) still appear at the bottom of the page?

I don't think it's possible to make footnote numbers take their
values from line numbers. You can choose the nonbreaking space
(Alt+0160) as the custom footnote symbol so that no number appears
either in the text *or* in the footnote, and manually refer to the
line number. Because the line numbers of the quoted poetry won't
change, that's probably acceptable here, but there's no way to
automate it.

Oh dear.

How do I do that?

Diana

First, I'll say that Daiya's suggestion of setting the Hidden attribute on
the Footnote Reference style is probably the easier solution for creating
footnotes without visible numbers or symbols. The reason is that the style
change is something you can do once for the entire document, or -- if you
save that change in the template -- once for all documents based on the same
template.

My suggestion of using an invisible character requires you to type the
character again for each footnote. If you're still interested, though, read
on...

In the Footnote dialog (which you can reach either through the Insert menu
or with the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F), put the cursor in the Custom box and press
the combination Ctrl+Alt+spacebar. Click OK. The cursor will go to the
footnote area but there won't be any number or symbol there. (If you turnon
nonprinting characters by clicking the ¶ button, you'll see a small circle
that represents the nonbreaking space.) Type the number of the line you're
referring to, and the rest of the footnote.

Ah...

THANK YOU!!!

That solves things nicely. I really appreciate the help with this!

Is anybody anywhere paying any attention to my apparently overlooked answer
about turning off line numbering for selected paragraphs? sigh

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"dianaiad" wrote in message
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Jay Freedman wrote:
dianaiad wrote:
Jay Freedman wrote:
dianaiad wrote:
I am doing extensive quoting of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". The
poem needs to have line numbers, but I do NOT want the explanatory
text and the title to be included in the line count. I've seen how
to apply line numbers to the entire text, but how do I apply it to
only PART of the text, just the quoted poetry?

Whether line numbers display is a section-level property. Insert a
continuous section break between the explanatory text and the
poetry, and enable line numbers only in the poetry section. Note
that you can't automatically continue the line numbering sequence
from one poetry section to the next if there is a non-numbered
section between them; each section will start at 1 or whatever you
set in the Line Numbers dialog.

Thank you, Jay; in this case, your solution works perfectly; the main
quote was one very long section of text.

I manually inserted the line numbers in the smaller, interspersed
quotes.

Oh, and how do I fix the footnotes so that there is no superscript
in the main document, and the footnotes (which will refer back to
the line numbers) still appear at the bottom of the page?

I don't think it's possible to make footnote numbers take their
values from line numbers. You can choose the nonbreaking space
(Alt+0160) as the custom footnote symbol so that no number appears
either in the text *or* in the footnote, and manually refer to the
line number. Because the line numbers of the quoted poetry won't
change, that's probably acceptable here, but there's no way to
automate it.

Oh dear.

How do I do that?

Diana

First, I'll say that Daiya's suggestion of setting the Hidden attribute on
the Footnote Reference style is probably the easier solution for creating
footnotes without visible numbers or symbols. The reason is that the style
change is something you can do once for the entire document, or -- if you
save that change in the template -- once for all documents based on the
same
template.

My suggestion of using an invisible character requires you to type the
character again for each footnote. If you're still interested, though,
read
on...

In the Footnote dialog (which you can reach either through the Insert menu
or with the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F), put the cursor in the Custom box and
press
the combination Ctrl+Alt+spacebar. Click OK. The cursor will go to the
footnote area but there won't be any number or symbol there. (If you turn
on
nonprinting characters by clicking the ¶ button, you'll see a small circle
that represents the nonbreaking space.) Type the number of the line you're
referring to, and the rest of the footnote.

Ah...

THANK YOU!!!

That solves things nicely. I really appreciate the help with this!

Questions--

What version of Word?

Are you trying to number a lot of small sections of quoting intermingled
with regular text (e.g., 1 or 2 blocks on every page), or do you just have
one big chunk of quoting that you need to number (e.g., big chunk at the
beginning, then pages of regular text)? (either is possible, but the
technique would be very different)

If multiple blocks of numbered lines, do you want the numbers to be a
continuous series for the entire document, or to restart with each block of
text, or to restart each page.

As far as the footnotes go--I would create your footnotes as usual. Start
the text of each footnote with the line number you are referencing. Then
(and it will be easier to do this at the end of composing/editing, I
suspect), Modify the Footnote Reference style to be Hidden so that the
numbers don't show up, in either the text or the note. For how, see he
http://shaunakelly.com/word/styles/ModifyAStyle.html


On 10/18/05 11:53 AM, "dianaiad" wrote:

I am doing extensive quoting of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". The poem
needs to have line numbers, but I do NOT want the explanatory text and
the title to be included in the line count. I've seen how to apply line
numbers to the entire text, but how do I apply it to only PART of the
text, just the quoted poetry?

Oh, and how do I fix the footnotes so that there is no superscript in
the main document, and the footnotes (which will refer back to the line
numbers) still appear at the bottom of the page?

help?

Diana


--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/
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I hate to disagree with both Jay and Daiya, but line numbers are NOT
(entirely) a section property, and you CAN continue them after an unnumbered
portion of text, provided you just want to suppress the numbering for
specific paragraphs (as it seems you do). Set line numbering as Continuous.
Select the paragraph(s) you want unnumbered and use Format | Paragraph |
Line and Page Breaks: "Suppress line numbers" to discontinue numbering for
the selected text.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"dianaiad" wrote in message
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I am doing extensive quoting of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales". The poem
needs to have line numbers, but I do NOT want the explanatory text and
the title to be included in the line count. I've seen how to apply line
numbers to the entire text, but how do I apply it to only PART of the
text, just the quoted poetry?

Oh, and how do I fix the footnotes so that there is no superscript in
the main document, and the footnotes (which will refer back to the line
numbers) still appear at the bottom of the page?

help?

Diana