Printing with line numbers

[Stuart Rogers]

Syed.Hosain at aeris.net wrote:
>> 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'?"
> 
> Some standard document formats need line numbers as part of their
> requirements. For example:
> 
> 1. Some legal documents.
> 
> 2. Patent filings (numbered every five lines).
> 
> Z
> 
> 

That's true, but the original poster specified this was a request from 
reviewers, implying an editing, not a production requirement.

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Stuart Rogers
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