Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Word versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021. If you are using an earlier version (Word 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Word, click here: Jumping to a Line Number.

Jumping to a Line Number

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated June 27, 2020)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021

Word allows you to move the insertion point to any line number in your document by using the Go To command. This can be very helpful, particularly if you have line numbers turned on in your document. To take advantage of this ability to jump to a specific line number, follow these steps:

Press F5. Word displays the Go To tab of the Find and Replace dialog box. (See Figure 1.)

Figure 1. The Go To tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.

On the left side of the dialog box, make sure that you indicate you want to go to a line.
Enter the line number to which you want to move.
Click on Next (Word 2007 and Word 2010) or Go To (Word 2013 and later versions) or press Enter.

WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (8957) applies to Microsoft Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021. You can find a version of this tip for the older menu interface of Word here: Jumping to a Line Number.

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With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. Learn more about Allen...

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