IBM Lotus Symphony


Line Number and Character Offset

Line Number

IBM® Lotus® Symphony™ can automatically count and add line numbers to the lines in an entire document or to selected paragraphs in your document. Line numbers are included when you print your document. You can specify the line numbering interval, the starting line number, and whether to count blank lines or lines in frames. You can also add a separator between line numbers.

Character Offset

The character offset information is displayed in this field of the status bar. Char offset will be enabled for paragraph text, table text, shape text, Head & Footer, footnote, frame. It will be disabled for ole objects, including chart. When you scroll through a document with the mouse, the character offset information is displayed when you release the mouse button. The character offset format of the status bar and scroll bar is identical. When you hover mouse over this field, the tip says "Cursor Position: Line *** Column ***".

Functions and Subsets

Performances of functions of Line Number and Character Offset change in accordance with different placement of cursor.

Cursor in paragraph text or Sections

The Line number and Character Offset number on the status bar will be changed when you move cursor in paragraph text by clicking Left Mouse button or adjusting the arrow key. They are displayed in the format of "Ln X Col Y."

Cursor in table

  • When the cursor is changed in table, only the Character Offset Number will be displayed, and the Line Number will be disabled.
  • In the text mode of Shape & Text Box, both Line Number and Character Offset Number will be enabled.

Cursor in Header/Footer/Footnote/Endnote

  • When the cursor is changed in the Header/Footer/Footnote/Endnote, only Character Offset Number is displayed, and the Line Number will be disabled.
  • In the text mode of Shape & Text Box, both the Line Number and the Character Offset Number will be enabled.

Cursor in Shape/Form/Frame/Graphic/Chart

Table 1. Cursor in objects
Object type Anchored as Character Mode - Line Number Anchored as Character Mode - Character Offset Anchored as Page or Paragraph Mode - Line Number Anchored as Page or Paragraph Mode - Character Offset Text mode (Inside) - Line Number Text mode (Inside) - Character Offset
Shape Y Y N N Y Y
Text Box Y Y N N Y Y
Form Y Y N N N/A N/A
Frame Y Y N N N N
Graphic Y Y N N N/A N/A
Chart Y Y N N N/A N/A
Other OLE Y Y N N N/A N/A

Currently, the Line Number and Character Offset information of the object in the table marked as "Y" can be displayed on the status bar. For disabled and not supported items, a BLANK is displayed on the status bar, indicating there is no Line Number information, Character Offset information, or Line Number and Character Offset information.

Multi-Columns

On main menu, click Layout - Columns..., there will popup a dialog, where you could set two columns, then the page will be separated into two parts. In the same page, the line number will continuously increase if you move the cursor from the first column to the second column.


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