[Joe McGuire]

Thanks again!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Wrt the number of lines on a page, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/BottomLine.htm; you probably just need
to set the Exact line spacing to the requisite amount.

The Pleading Wizard does use fixed line numbers in a text box anchored to
the header. If your text is uniform enough, you can use Word's built-in
Line Numbers feature instead; the downside of this (for some people) is
that it does not number "blank lines" unless they are actual empty
paragraphs (there won't be a number for space created with Spacing
Before/After).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
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The Pleading Wizard comes reasonably close but for some reason the first
line of text on the first page doe not align with the number for line 1.
Haven't figured a work-around except to fudge it. And I could not figure
out how to get 28 lines on a page and still use the 12 point font size
required by most courts. The Wizard defaults to a smaller font size.
Change it to 12 points and you no longer have 28 lines. Of course, the
documents I have gotten from others seemed to do this without a problem.
The most interesting solution among them actually used a table in a
header to create the line numbers and the vertical lines. In any event I
succeeded in creating a template by reworking that one.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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You could make your own template from scratch or using the one produced
by the Pleading Wizard as a starting point. I don't know of any articles
explaining how to make a pleading template specifically, but see these
generic articles:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart1.htm
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart2.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
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Thanks! Are there any good papers explaining how to create a legal
pleading template? I have been relying not on templates as such but
documents cobbled together by others which raises the odds of
corruption along the way. I have tried the Word Pleading Wizard but
she ought to be disbarred. Well meaning, of course. But hardly
professional grade.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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On the Header and Footer toolbar, click Format Page Number and change
the numbering from "Start at: 44" to "Continue from previous section."

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
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I had a strange problem in Word 2003. I have a 44 page document, a
legal pleading, complete with vertical lines in a header or footer
along with line numbers. Page numbers are in the footer on each page.
Here's the odd part: The first page of this 44 page document is
numbered 45! And the 44th page is 88! But it's not just in the
footer. On the first page of the document at the bottom of the Window
on one of those bars Word tells me: "Page 45 Sec 1 1/44..."
I solved the problem by first creating a legal template using the
Pleading Wizard, adjusting verything as needed and then copying my 44
page document except for the final paragraph marker. But this
problem is one of the wierdest I have seen. Any idea what did it?
(Most courts gave up "legal" stationery requirements--legal size,
line numbering, vertical lines at the left and right margins long
ago--but not __, well I won't mention California)