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. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/
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