

Finally, highlight the list and replace all the paragraph marks with a comma and space. The results of this step are pictured in step 4. From the Home tab, select Replace, and in the resulting dialog box enter a tab character in the Find what box, enter a space character into the Replace with box, and then click the Replace All button. Next, highlight the list and replace each unwanted tab character with a space character. Although these results may appear to be almost the same as the step 2 results, this "pasting as text" process transforms the numbers from formatted bullet numbers into actual text numbers, each followed by a tab character.

Word displays the Modify Style dialog box. Click on the drop-down arrow and choose the Modify option from the resulting menu.(If the Line Number style is not visible, use the Options link at the bottom of the Styles pane to change which styles are displayed in the pane. Notice that a drop-down arrow appears at the right side of the style name. Hover the mouse pointer over the Line Number style.

Click the small icon at the bottom-right of the Styles group.Word makes it quite simple by relying on styles for its line numbers. You might be wondering how to change the formatting of the line numbers. Word allows you to add line numbers to your documents, as you have learned in other issues of WordTips.
