Page Numbers Wrong

[Joe McGuire]

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)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

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

 

[Joe McGuire]

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]

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/Customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

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

 

[Jay Freedman]

I'll recommend a book by fellow MVP Ben Schorr, "The Lawyer's Guide to
Microsoft Word 2007", published by the ABA:
http://www.abanet.org/abastore/index.cfm?section=main&fm=Product.AddToCart&pid=5110697

On the Web, Charles Kenyon has the Intermediate Users' Guide to
Microsoft Word, which is based on the Legal Users' Guide, at
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm. There's a chapter
there on Template Basics.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Joe McGuire]

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]

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).

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

 

[Joe McGuire]

Thanks again!

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).

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