Header/Footer Question

Question

More header/footer headaches.  I started with a large legal document prepared by others but wanted to save only the last page.  Every page of the document, including the last, has headers and footers.  In the headers are line numbers 1 through 28 plus vertical lines on each side of all the pages.  The line numbers are in a text box and appear in the left margin.  The last page has a different footer, which identifies the document.  The last page is also section 2 of the larger document.  I immediately realized that deleting all the pages before the last had the effect of wiping out the header and footer on the last page.  Legal documents without line numbers and a footer identifying the document are not permitted in California.  (Don’t ask why)  So I tried deleting all the text preceding the page I want.  Now I have two pages, with the headers and footers: The first is blank containing only a section marker; the last page sows up fine with all of its text plus footer and header.  But if I delete the section mark on page 1 of this 2-page document  all the headers and footer vanish.  I tried simply copying the header but the text box cannot be pasted into the header of a new blank document (the line numbers paste--but in the middle of the page!).  I would appreciate any help!

Answer 1

This fixed line numbering is traditional for legal documents (using specially printed "pleading paper" such as you can see at http://www.blumberg.com/invoice.cgi?rm=view_cluster;cluster_id=398483), and the "line numbers in a text box in the left margin" solution is one that was originally provided by the Pleading Wizard in older versions of Word. Word's automatic line numbering was not a suitable solution for older secretaries, typewriter-trained, who pressed Enter twice at the end of a paragraph. Although the fixed line numbering does not adjust for variations in line spacing, this is evidently not an issue in at least some types of legal documents. If you google for "pleading paper," you'll find a host of templates and macros to replicate the effect of printed pleading paper.

Answer 2

A 28 line header? ??? Using the line number feature, with 1 inch header and footer there are only 32 lines on the page? You can number the headers separately and start the body numbers at what ever you need.

Must the headers and footers include line numbers?

Take a look at the guide on this page: http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/

It is written by a lawyer and is intended specifically for legal users. It has sections specifically dealing with line numbering.

Answer 3

Sounds like you just need to move the text box containing the line numbers--or set its position explicitly using the Layout | Advanced tab of Format Text Box.

Alternatively, what happens if you relink the header in section 2 to the header in section 1? Then you should be able to delete the section break.

Answer 4

Thanks, Suzanne.  Linking the header in section 2 and then deleting the section break did it!  I knew there had to be a simple (if a bit obscure) answer