Does the Lines in Pleading Paper Continue After 28
Hi Frank,
I'm still here. My first guess is that you have "white space" hidden.
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http://wordfaqs.ssbarnhill.com/WhiteSpace.htm
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"White space" is not the most descriptive term in that it includes top and bottom margins including headers and footers. Surprisingly, the rules and line numbers in pleading paper are generally also in the headers even though they seem to be in the side margins. If I am guessing correctly, when you print the page, they will all magically be there.
Essentially, your headers and footers and page numbers are still there. Word considers them to be part of the "white space" between pages. You've hit on an option that hides that "white space" from you. The link shows you how to get them back and also will likely tell you how they disappeared. It is a well-written page of material and I won't reproduce it here. Hide/display white space is a Word setting and applies to all documents. It is easy to change that setting, even by mistake.
This setting has puzzled people for almost two decades, since it was introduced with either Word 2000 or Word 2002. It is a useful setting but takes people by surprise and if you do not know what is happening it looks like your document was just butchered!
If my guess is wrong, write back and we'll figure it out.
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I hope this information helps.
Please let me know if you have any more questions or require further help.
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Regards
Charles Kenyon The Importance of Styles in Microsoft Word
Attorney at Law
Madison, Wisconsin
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I was going to say the same thing as Charles. This is clearly a "white space" issue. The setting does not travel with the document (it's set on the machine), which explains the difference you see on your home computer. Your "two IT persons" need some reeducation!
As for the display of documents, you seem to be displaying thumbnails. Word documents can be saved with or without a thumbnail or preview picture.
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Thank you very much, Charles. I did as you suggested and the footer appears, including the text and the horizontal border line above it. There was no header.
As I open other pleadings that I've drafted over the years, I am seeing a mixed bag of results. In some, the pleading paper numbers down the left side margin as well as the vertical borders along the left and right margins do not appear. In others, the numbers appear down the left side but the vertical borders do not. In others, all of the elements that were there previously now appear. I'm sure there is logic to why this is (they were created in different versions of Word?) but since it was likely a global act that caused all of this to happen at once, I hope there is a single global solution. I should note that AFTER this problem appeared, the IT folks installed or reinstalled Word onto my computer but it made no difference.
Thank you for any further assistance.
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Thank you very much, Suzanne. Please see my reply to Charles. Thank you.
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Again, this is a display issue. You are seeing what is there, what was always there, likely. The reason for the differences is likely different templates and different choices.
The reinstall would make no difference. Your IT people should read the pages I linked.
My pleadings do not contain numbered lines but do have a double rule on the left along with law firm information and a single rule on the right. This is not because of court rules but rather because I began practicing in the days of onion-skin copies out of Selectric typewriters. I want my pleadings to look like pleadings and not like reports. I believe in branding of sorts. When judges see my pleadings they have certain expectations, or at least that is my hope.
I use templates that I have created over the years. They do not have pleading paper layouts, they are the content for pleadings and motions (drafts). When I create a new document based on one of these templates, it pulls the pleading paper format and other information into the new document. If I want to change the appearance of my pleading paper layout, I change it in one location and that is used for new documents no matter which template is used for the content.
Charles Kenyon The Importance of Styles in Microsoft Word
Attorney at Law
Madison, Wisconsin
wordfaq[at]addbalance[dot]com
https://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm#Overview
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A key thing I learned about twenty + years ago with Word is to not base new work on old _documents_ but rather to create and use templates. The risk of embarrassing or problematic work product from reusing old documents is very high.
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Charles Kenyon The Importance of Styles in Microsoft Word
Attorney at Law
Madison, Wisconsin
wordfaq[at]addbalance[dot]com
https://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm#Overview
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Frank, make sure you're on print layout and NOT web layout. View, and Print Layout on top left corner.
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Source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/pleading-paper-template-stopped-showing/71b6e5d1-c2b3-460e-a912-8303fb49da54
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