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By: pshute

You can add a ruler using TextFx/TextFX Tools/Insert Ruler, but it's an actual
piece of text, not a true ruler.  You can insert it anywhere in the document.

Naturally this will be of no use if you scroll away from it.  To get around
that you could clone to another view and have just the ruler in the top window:
see http://notepad-plus.wiki.sourceforge.net/Multi-ViewHowTo .

You can also turn on a single vertical line at whatever column you choose, in
Settings/Preferences/Edit Componets/Vertical Edge Setting.

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And don't forget you can always see the current column number in the status bar.

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> Read and respond to this message at: 
> https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=5011183
> By: pshute
> 
> You can add a ruler using TextFx/TextFX Tools/Insert Ruler, but it's an actual
> piece of text, not a true ruler.  You can insert it anywhere in the document.
 
Thanks for giving this really helpful answer.  I couldn't find it anywhere else.

It isn't a perfect solution, but it's darn better than typing or 
copying/pasting from a document saved just for that purpose.