Go to a Line
InDesign has a Go to Page jumper, but you can't jump to a certain line on a page. The script fixes that: select the nth line on a page counted...
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This script is part of the Book and Long Document Composition/Production collection. See the full collection here.
Proof corrections sometimes come in a separate file with instructions such as “Line 12 from the top: change x to y” and “8th line up from the end of the second full paragraph: p should read q”. If you have more than a handful of such corrections you waste a lot of time counting lines on your screen. The script on this page makes finding those lines a little bit easier.
Use
Click somewhere in the text frame in which you want to select a line and run the script. It shows this panel:
Enter a number at the Go to line prompt, then click one of the four buttons; the labels are self-explanatory.
The script is a panel, so it will stay on your screen. You can move it out of the way or to another screen. Close it by pressing the Close button in the panel’s frame.
Version history
16 May 2012: Fixed some memory issues.
18 September 2011: “Up from insertion point” didn’t work properly. Fixed.
11 December 2010: Posted.
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This article was last modified on August 22, 2026
This article was first published on January 25, 2026
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