On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 16:47 -0700, Ryan Jewell wrote:
> Hi again.
> 
> I just wanted to be sure you knew I sent an email to the address you
> mentioned. I would like to help out. I have a number of attorney friends
> (a group) that are also interested in seeing this happen. Please let me
> know what you need.
> 
> Ryan
> 
> >On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 19:41 -0700, Ryan Jewell wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>My brother is an attorney using openoffice writer in his practice.
> >>Openoffice falls short of word perfect and ms word when it comes to
> >>creating a legal pleading. These documents need double spaced line
> >>numbering on every page. Certain sections of the document are single
> >>spaced and the oo line numbering isn't sophisticated enough. Work around
> >>solutions use a graphic or separate frame to produce the correct
> >>numbering format. While this works, it's more awkward than competitive
> >>word processors. The user either manually inserts this on each page or
> >>calls a macro before printing. I'm hoping to find a cleaner solution. I
> >>submitted this problem as a feature request a few months ago but nothing
> >>has happened so far.
> >>
> >>Does anyone have other ideas to solve this problem?
> >>
> >>Is there a way to create a template that would automatically insert this
> >>line numbering frame on each page the user creates?
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I have noticed that pleading papers differ from jurisdiction to
> >jurisdiction. This makes creating templates a bit awkward. I tried
> >working on one but found that regardless of how one created the
> >numbering down the left side of the page, font choice and size in the
> >body that matched the numbering was overridden by users. According to
> >the specs for California around Sacramento, this should not be. So to
> >create better pleading paper templates, we need input from the legal
> >professionals in the various jurisdictions and even some samples.
> >
> >Could you please help with this?  If yes, send an email to
> >[email protected] and let us know.
> >  
> >

Looks like the message is caught in moderation and I do not do the
moderation. Therefore I will accept your offer here and ask that you
contact me off-line so we can co-ordinate efforts as I have some ideas
and starts of my own that might be useful. One idea you mentioned was a
watermarked template that I started to play with.

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