Line numbers are similar to Google Docs Page numbers. While page numbers help identify the page number, line numbers count the lines of a document. The appropriate line number appears next to each line in Google Docs. Line numbers appear for lines with or without text. In this guide, we'll learn how to add and remove line numbers in Google Docs.
The line number feature is useful when working with documents that contain large amounts of text. In a field such as law, it's common to see contracts and other legal documents with line numbers. This is because line numbers make it easy to refer to specific lines in documents. Here's how to add and remove line numbers in Google Docs.
How to Add Line Numbers in Google Docs
In Google Docs, you can add line numbers to the entire document or select sections of the document. Here are the steps:
Add line numbers to the entire document
To show line numbers within a document in Google Docs, here's what you need to do:
Step 1: Open Google Docs website In your favorite web browser, open the file. If you have the Google Docs app on your phone, you can launch it and open the document.
Step 2: In the Google Docs ribbon, click the tab tools.
Step 3: Locate Line numbers of Tools menu.
Step 4: From the Line Numbers sidebar, check the box next to Show line numbers.
Add line numbers to a section of a document
To add line numbers to only specific sections of your document, you need to insert section breaks into your document first. Here's how:
Step 1: in Google Docs file, Locate Document section to which you want to add line numbers.
Step 2: in Google Docs ribbon, click the tab Insert.
Step 4: Select either section break (Next page) or section break (continuous).
Step 5: In the Google Docs ribbon, click the tab tools.
Step 7: From the Line Numbers sidebar, check the box next to Show line numbers.
Line numbers will only be displayed in the selected section.
Restart line numbers for new pages or sections
When you add line numbers to Google Docs, by default, they persist throughout the document numerically. However, you can change this to restart line numbers for each page or section in Google Docs. Here's how:
Step 1: In the Google Docs ribbon, click the tab tools.
Step 2: Locate Line numbers from the context menu.
Step 3: From the Line Numbers sidebar, check the box next to Show line numbers.
- Restart on every page; or
- Restart in each section
Step 5: In the department Apply toSelect where you want to apply the line numbering mode selection:
- The entire document
- to the end
For each section or page of the document, line numbers must start from 1.
How to remove line numbers in Google Docs
If your document no longer requires line numbers, you can easily remove them from your Google Docs document. Here's how:
Step 1: In the Google Docs ribbon, click the tab tools.
Step 3: From the Line Numbers sidebar, clear the box next to Show line numbers.
Create a document without pages in Google Docs
Line numbers can only appear in Google Docs in page format. If your Google Docs is pageless, line numbers will not appear. Google Docs without pages A document without page breaks and you can adjust the Google Docs page setup to get this format.
