Barry can use fields to insert document information such as the number of characters, words, and pages in a document. He wonders if there is a field (or some other way) to dynamically insert the number of lines in a document.
All of the document information cited by Barry (characters, words, and pages) are inserted into a document using fields. These fields are dynamic in that they can be updated in various ways and at various times. (The way fields are updated has been covered in numerous other WordTips.)
To answer Barry's question directly, it is possible to insert the number of lines into your document using a field. Here's how:
Figure 1. The Field dialog box.
You should understand that there can be lots of "fudge factor" when it comes to counting lines in a document. The reason for this has to do with the content of your document and how you have it formatted. Greg Maxey provides a great discussion (and some solutions) about line count issues at his website:
https://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/count_lines_of_text.html
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