Hi,
i think it is a nice feature even though very specialized. This kind of
feature could be realized as a wizard. It don't have to be a copy of the
MS feature but it can be similar or even better ;-).
I would suggest that you start to collect requirements for such a
feature. Talk with other lawers and discuss what would be really useful
and necessary. Maybe there is database with law texts that can be used
directly. There are many ways to include such thinks directly from a
wizard. At the end the wizard will create an initial document based on
the input from the wizard.
After this you should come back to the list. Maybe there are already
some interested developer or ISV's who are interested to help with the
development.
I can't promise that this will work or that somebody will do the
development. But you should simply start to work with the community to
define this kind of new feature. I think we need exactly this features
for the future. Nice and useful thinks that help to simplify our daily
work. For lawers and for other occupational groups as well.
Don't wait that others do the work. Start yourself. You don't have to
implement it yourself but you can start to work on the idea. Convince
others to join the project ...
Juergen
[email protected] wrote:
Hello,
I've been trying out the Open Office's word processing application for
our county law library's public computers. I am, over all, very
impressed and satisfied.
One MSWord feature that we use here and I regret not seeing on the
Open Office app is Word's legal pleading paper and "Pleading Wizard"
features. By clicking on Word's "File," then "New," a box on screen
offers a "Legal" tab that includes a pleading-paper template and also
a "wizard" feature that permits answering basic questions about the
legal venue, the court, the parties, and the pleading's name. Then it
drafts the difficult caption portion on a numbered and lined document
template.
I realize that there are probably enormous copyright hindrances to
adding such a feature to Open Office's writing app, but is there some
after-market add-on or macro that will emulate or substitute for this
MSWord feature?
We get a lot of people who can't afford a lawyer in here and they
would be sunk without some foolproof way to draft documents that the
clerks downstairs will accept.
Thanks for your kind attention and for some pretty terrific
applications. What do users who finally acquire them normally
contribute?
Tom Anderson
Mendocino County Law Library
Ukiah, CA
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