LineNumbering.StartingNumber Property

Word Developer Reference

Returns or sets the starting line number. Read/write Long.

Syntax

expression.StartingNumber

expression   Required. A variable that represents a LineNumbering object.

Remarks

You must be in print layout view to see line numbering.

Example

This example creates a new document, sets the starting number for footnotes to 10, and then adds a footnote at the insertion point.

Visual Basic for Applications
  Set myDoc = Documents.Add
With myDoc.Footnotes
    .StartingNumber = 10
    .Add Range:=Selection.Range, Text:="Text for a footnote"
End With

This example enables line numbering for the active document. The starting number is set to 5, every fifth line number is shown, and the numbering starts over at the beginning of each section in the document.

Visual Basic for Applications
  With ActiveDocument.PageSetup.LineNumbering
    .Active = True
    .StartingNumber = 5
    .CountBy = 5
    .RestartMode = wdRestartSection
End With

This example sets properties for page numbers, and then it adds page numbers to the header of the active document.

Visual Basic for Applications
  With ActiveDocument.Sections(1) _
        .Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).PageNumbers
    .NumberStyle = wdPageNumberStyleArabic
    .IncludeChapterNumber = False
    .RestartNumberingAtSection = True
    .StartingNumber = 5
    .Add PageNumberAlignment:=wdAlignPageNumberCenter, _
        FirstPage:=True
End With

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