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I'm not sure why, exactly, the original poster needed line numbers, but if it's for a legal document (was it?), and if he's in a tight spot with regard to time (he said he was), then I hope he can get out of his fix with my admittedly limited short-term solution. Hope it helped.

Moreover, if we are talking about a legal document, the body text in such documents is extremely consistent in its vertical formatting: There isn't any, save a fondness for unvarying 1.5 or 2.0 line spacing. Thus, placing consistently-spaced numbering alongside each line may very well get him (or some other reader) out of his or her immediate dilemma.

By the by, and digressing a bit, if the requirement is for a legal document, it's a verity that line numbering will be used forever. As an earlier poster pointed out, it allows quick reference to a specific line in a legal document. Having seen firsthand it's usefulness, I suspect it will remain in use in the legal profession regardless of the past, present, or future state of electronic word processing. FWIW.

Finally, and again for what it's worth, one of my personal pet peeves are those willing, more or less figuratively speaking, to expend two hours of time developing elaborate justifications for avoiding one hour's worth of work.

Cheers & hope it helped,
Riley