Word 2011 for Mac

Add line numbers in Word 2013, Word 2010 and Word 2007

Microsoft Word users can add line numbers to a word document using the options available as part of Page Layout menu. In this tutorial we will see the steps for adding line number in Word 2013 and Word 2011 for Mac.

How to add line numbers in Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013 and Word 2011 for Mac

Word 2007 Word 2010 and Word 2013

Word 2010 allows users to add line numbers to a word document. This can be done using the Page Layout menu option. For example if you have the following text in your document and you want insert line numbers for each line then you use this feature.

To add line numbers for above paragraph, from Home menu click the Page Layout menu option and then navigate to Page Setup section.

In the Page Layout section, click the drop down arrow next to Line Numbers menu option. This would display the following menu options.

Now select Continuous from the list available menus and this would insert the line numbers in the Word document as shown below

The other line numbers options includes

Restart Each Page – To restart line numbers after each page.
Restart Each Section – To restart line numbers after each section.
Suppress for Current Paragraph – to remove line numbers for the selected paragraph.

Word 2011 for Mac

Step 1: Open the document for which you want to add line number.

Step 2: Click Layout menu and navigate to Text Layout section.

Step 3: Now click the Line Numbers option under Text Layout. This should display the following drop down list.

Step 4: Select Continuous from the Line numbers drop down list to add line numbers. You can also customise Line numbers by use other options in the list.

If you are looking for advanced line number options then click More Line Numbering.

Display of line number in status bar

If you just want to find out the current line number while editing a document then you can use line number option available as part of status bar for this purpose.

Word 2007, Word 2010 and Word 2013

Microsoft Word 2007 and Word 2010 provides option to display the line numbers in a word document. This would be a useful feature when you want to restrict your content based on the number of lines written in the document. If the status bar does not show the line numbers, then right click on the Status bar and select Line number.

After selecting Line Number option in the Customize Status Bar context menu, the status bar would display the line number as shown below.

Word 2011 for Mac

Word 2011 for Mac does not support the display of line number in status bar. This option is available in Window’s version of Microsoft Word but not in Mac OS X.

Also See: How to auto populate random sentences in Word 2010

How to reduce size of document with images in Microsoft Word

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Microsoft Word provides users with the option to reduce the file size of the document with images. In this tutorial, we will see the technique of reducing the file size in Word 2013 and Word 2011 for Mac.

Reduce images size in Word 2013

Word 2013 users can use the Compress Pictures option available as part of Format Picture to compress the images in the document.

Step 1: Click the Format menu in Microsoft Word 2013. Please note the Format menu will be available only after selecting the image on the document.

Step 2: In the Format menu, navigate to Adjust section and click the Compress Pictures option. This should display the following Compress Pictures window.

Now you can choose the desired option under Compression options and Target Output. Let say you want to only share the document with other users using email, then go for “E-mail (96 ppi): minimize document size for sharing”.

Step 3: After selecting the required options, click Ok button to apply the changes to images.

Compress images in Word 2011 for Mac

Step 1: Select the image in the document and click Format Picture menu.

Step 2: Under Format Picture menu, click the Compress Option. This should display the following Reduce File Size screen.

Step 3: Now choose the Picture Quality drop down to apply appropriate picture quality as per your needs. You can apply the changes to all the pictures in the file or just Selected pictures

Step 4: Click OK button to apply the changes to the document.

Add tick mark to document in Word 2011 for Mac

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This short tutorial is about the steps required for adding check mark to word document in Microsoft Word for Mac. Word 2011 users can insert tick mark using the Symbol browser or Advanced Symbol options.

Symbol browser

Click Insert menu then navigate to Symbol and select Symbol Browser from the sub menu list.

In the Symbol Browser, click the All Symbols drop down and select Check Marks.

Now select your preferred check mark style to insert it to the document. Another alternate way to add a check mark is by using the Advanced Symbol Option under Symbol menu.

Select Windings2 in the Font list box and pick your desired check mark style. Then click Insert button to add the symbol to Word document.