David Clark wrote the following on 5/21/2008 1:26 PM:
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I see that there is now a native OO for Mac Intel.
How about for lawyers, too?
For example, how well will OO for Mac do a California Pleading? This
requires columns, vertical lines and numbers down the left side of the
page at each double space line, and maybe a special footer. Most
lawyers I know jury-rig their own footer like I do in Word for Mac 2004.
The Rules of Court also require that the text line up with the
numbers. This is very hard to do in Word.
How does OO do with TOCs and Tables of Authorities?
It took me over a year of fiddling with Word for Mac to finally get a
Calif Pleading to work nearly correct. There are still glitches from
time to time. I'm wondering if its worth the effort to switch to OO.
Nothing will match WordPerfect. Ever. I keep thousands of WPD files
in archive and use them from time to time to copy text (NeoOffice can
open and you can copy it).
Dave
I can't say for certain about the Mac version but in the Windows version
it is still a hit and miss arrangement. There are a few pleading
templates available. One is at
<http://smalldataproblem.org/ooextras/downloads/english/>
This one uses a background image for the numbering scheme. A few of the
lawyers that I have worked with have tried OpenOffice but dump it after
the first week. There may be a method to accomplish something similar to
WordPerfect's results but so far I have never heard of one.
--
Jack
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