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CHaley8301
Jul 1, 1998, 3:00:00 AM7/1/98
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My firm just switched from 5.1 to 8.0. I'm involved in writing macros for
network users and being a general point person -- fielding complaints and
facilitating solutions. Don't you think it would be beneficial to pool our
resources and have an area to discuss the types of problems that arise in
serving in this capacity? My firm size is 56 attorneys and their support
staff. It certainly makes for an interesting day.... Look forward to hearing
from others!!
TRiPoD Law
Jul 7, 1998, 3:00:00 AM7/7/98
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I agree. I have posted messages on various groups regarding the use of
Wordperfect in a law office. Nothing seems to get off the ground though. Keep
me posted.
Wordperfect in a law office. Nothing seems to get off the ground though. Keep
me posted.
Thomas S. Tripodianos
CHaley8301
Jul 10, 1998, 3:00:00 AM7/10/98
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Wow! you're the first to respond! And it's been over 2 weeks since I first
posted. Let's get a dialog going, and see if anyone jumps on the wagon with
us!!! Currently, I've been working on macros to override defaults and limited
styles in WP8 -- to accommodate Delaware's legal requirements -- the legal
suite addition is useless to us. Remember, if you know about precedent
setting, Delaware is it. It's strict.... and has become the model for many
other courts. By the way, do you know that Delaware is one of the only two
Chancery court states (equity court)? That's why the Howard Hughes Estate
claims were handled here, and we also handled the Peretti/Metro Goldwyn-Meyer
trial -- both courts of equity. So WP8 doesn't offer us the default styles and
treatments that our courts require. We don't use line numbering on our
pleadings, either. The courts would throw our documents out if we did
that....lol. It's strict Blue Book code all the way with citations, and quick
words comes in really handy for that....get it right once and record it.
Briefs have been returned for improper cites (~~really!!), the Delaware Supreme
Court actually still measures page margins and will reject those briefs that do
not comply....fun for those who can't understannd just why that great brief
they wrote came back as rejected. I have to troubleshoot that type of
situation often, and I'm one of the three people in a firm of 56 attorneys that
can do that accurately. Go figure. ANYWAY, thanks for responding to the first
post, and, hopefully, we'll get something going. Am currently writing macro to
print a fax cover sheet, the user fills out one dialog edit box for all
information, and the regions are all filled in for them. The user then has
the option to print and close without saving, or to print, save, and then close
the document, all from the one macro. Wrote a bates label generating macro to
produce bates labels with 4-digit prefixes, leading zeroes, and labels from
1-10,000 with capabilty to produce over 10K series labels. What was
interesting here was I wrote exactly the same program that appeared in the WP
for Law Offices (July-August ed.) in May! Exactly!! I was happy about that
one. Also, among my accomplishments has been writing a macro to strip
documents that either (i) didn't convert propertly from 5.1 to 8. (all of
them!!!); or (ii) have been scanned (yuk!!!)--considerable time savings in
editing all in four and one-half pages of code (lol). Hope to hear from
you....and others .... soon!
posted. Let's get a dialog going, and see if anyone jumps on the wagon with
us!!! Currently, I've been working on macros to override defaults and limited
styles in WP8 -- to accommodate Delaware's legal requirements -- the legal
suite addition is useless to us. Remember, if you know about precedent
setting, Delaware is it. It's strict.... and has become the model for many
other courts. By the way, do you know that Delaware is one of the only two
Chancery court states (equity court)? That's why the Howard Hughes Estate
claims were handled here, and we also handled the Peretti/Metro Goldwyn-Meyer
trial -- both courts of equity. So WP8 doesn't offer us the default styles and
treatments that our courts require. We don't use line numbering on our
pleadings, either. The courts would throw our documents out if we did
that....lol. It's strict Blue Book code all the way with citations, and quick
words comes in really handy for that....get it right once and record it.
Briefs have been returned for improper cites (~~really!!), the Delaware Supreme
Court actually still measures page margins and will reject those briefs that do
not comply....fun for those who can't understannd just why that great brief
they wrote came back as rejected. I have to troubleshoot that type of
situation often, and I'm one of the three people in a firm of 56 attorneys that
can do that accurately. Go figure. ANYWAY, thanks for responding to the first
post, and, hopefully, we'll get something going. Am currently writing macro to
print a fax cover sheet, the user fills out one dialog edit box for all
information, and the regions are all filled in for them. The user then has
the option to print and close without saving, or to print, save, and then close
the document, all from the one macro. Wrote a bates label generating macro to
produce bates labels with 4-digit prefixes, leading zeroes, and labels from
1-10,000 with capabilty to produce over 10K series labels. What was
interesting here was I wrote exactly the same program that appeared in the WP
for Law Offices (July-August ed.) in May! Exactly!! I was happy about that
one. Also, among my accomplishments has been writing a macro to strip
documents that either (i) didn't convert propertly from 5.1 to 8. (all of
them!!!); or (ii) have been scanned (yuk!!!)--considerable time savings in
editing all in four and one-half pages of code (lol). Hope to hear from
you....and others .... soon!
John1082
Jul 10, 1998, 3:00:00 AM7/10/98
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I'm not using their Legal Suite, but I am using some software called Fresh
Start to do simple Chapter 7 bankruptcies. Seems to be a massive set of macros
coupled with tables of some sort. Seems to work OK, so far. We'll see what
happens when I file the first one. I don't think that the BK court in DC will
get too bent out of shape with repect to margins, etc. We'll see.
John Gezelius
Alexandria, VA
Start to do simple Chapter 7 bankruptcies. Seems to be a massive set of macros
coupled with tables of some sort. Seems to work OK, so far. We'll see what
happens when I file the first one. I don't think that the BK court in DC will
get too bent out of shape with repect to margins, etc. We'll see.
John Gezelius
Alexandria, VA
Bac2skul
Jul 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM7/23/98
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Wow -- a WP8 macro guru. I am a 5.1 macro writer, but haven't quite mastered
the skill in 8 yet. Any advice, help or macros you're willing to share would
be great!
the skill in 8 yet. Any advice, help or macros you're willing to share would
be great!
I haven't had any problems with my document conversions -- I use auto
numbering, tables of contents, tables of authorities, tables, columns, etc. My
firm is preparing to do a major upgrade from a DOS WP5.1 environment running on
Novell 3.12 to Win95, WP8 legal suite, on Novell 4.11. Any advice or
suggestions would be appreciated. Also, I'm having WP5.1 printing and access
problems on my existing (incredibly old and outdated) (held together with
bailing wire and chewing gum) system. Any gurus out there -- HELP!!!! Nobody
supports my poor old WP5.1. Also, I'm using PC Docs Classic -- which I think
is the problem. AGain, all help appreciated immensely -- is that spelled
right?
Billye
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