Make sure each of your chapter titles are in the Heading 1 style, and then click on one of your chapter titles. Word lists a number of pre-formatted options, but you can also make your own. Curiously, line numbering itself isn’t a formatting option in Paragraph styles.Word can automatically number sections (Chapter 1, 1.1, 1.2, etc.) of your document and include the chapter number in the captions (Figure 1.2, 2.2, etc.).To change margins, click on the Margins button, found on the Page Layout tab. You have to choose ‘All Styles’ to see the Line Number style and modify it.

Your chapter numbers will reset to show the correct number of chapters.If you want to change anything about the numbers – for example, you are using the 1.1, 1.2, etc. To follow the automatically generated chapter number with the title of your chapter on a new line, click just before the text of your title, hold down the Shift key on the keyboard, and then press the Enter key.Note: If you have any problems with word automatically adding outline numbering to parts of your front matter, simply delete it. If you typed in the text “Chapter #”, and now it is duplicating your efforts, delete the text you typed and leave the automatically generated chapter number. Note that doing this once sets the formatting for all heading levels. Option (right side, middle row).

You may have to adjust this if the alignment seems off.You may also restart number for captions in your appendices or other separate areas of your dissertation. You can also see that a tab follows the number – you can change it to a space or none. Moving to the second level, you can change the period in between the level and sublevel to a dash or anything you want in the Number format box. In the screenshot, with the Level on the left set at 1, we added the word “Chapter”. You can use the Number style for this level: pulldown menu to choose from a various styles, as seen in the screenshot (below the Enter formatting for number: box). Click the More> button, then select the relevant list level.

Set the correct letter or number in the Start at: pulldown. Choose the appropriate style, (such as A,B,C,…) from the Number style for this level: pulldown menu. Under Enter formatting for new number:, replace “Chapter” with “Appendix.”

Insert Line Numbers In Word 2010