Printing with line numbers

[Stuart Rogers]

Peter Hirons wrote:
> Gurus,
> 
> Does anyone know if it is possible to get FM to print with line numbers?
> 
> If so, how?
> 
> I have reviewers wanting this.
> 
> Peter
> 

There's been lots of discussion on how this could be achieved with 
varying degrees of difficulty, but I wonder if there's an easier way, 
depending on the *reason* your reviewers want the numbering.

Are they asking for this just to make it easier to pinpoint something on 
a page, to avoid having to describe things as "the second sentence in 
the third paragraph under 'Oblating the Retromizer'?"

If that's the case, perhaps they would be satisfied with something a 
little cruder.  You could create a duplicate template and add to the 
master pages in the margin area a vertical series of consecutive numbers 
at some small font and line spacing.  The numbers won't line up exactly 
with the body text, but would be close enough to enable reviewers to 
refer to "page 19, lines 40-50" to describe the location of the text in 
question.  If they include the page number, there's no need for the line 
numbers to be consecutive throughout the book -- each master page could 
have the same numbering 1-100 or whatever suits.  For production, 
reimport your regular template to get rid of the line numbers.

Just a thought...

-- 
Stuart Rogers
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