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Styles - Creating Pleading Styles With Varyin
DocumentID: 653509
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:23 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: Customers often request help creating pleading paper styles with a different number of lines than the WordPerfect Pleading style (which is included in the LIBRARY.STY file). For example, many request help creating the California pleading style. The following formula is based on a fixed line height, and will allow customers to choose any number of lines they want:       PA/(NL*2)=Line Height

            PA = Printable area (in length)
            NL = Number of lines desired


1.      First, determine how many numbered lines are desired (this is the number for NL in the formula) then multiply this number by 2. The product of NL and 2 will be called AL (All Lines) or in equation format: NL * 2 = AL

Example 1:      Customer wants 30 double spaced numbers for single spaced lines, using 8.5" x 11" paper with default margins of 1" and 1". NL = 30. 30 * 2 = 60

Example 2:      Customer wants 25 double spaced numbers for single spaced lines, using 8.5" x 11" paper with default margins of 1" and 1". NL = 25. 25 * 2 = 50


2.      Next, determine what the printable area is. To do this, subtract both the top and bottom margins from the page length. This is the number for PA in the formula.

Example 1 & 2:      With top and bottom margins set at 1" each for a total of 2" worth of margins, and page length at 11":
PA = 11 - 2 = 9".


3.      Now, divide PA by AL, or PA/AL. The result is the Line Height and is the number which will be used in the style, or PA/AL = Line Height. This formula will leave one text line below the last line number. If customers want the last line number to be even with the last text line, use the following formula instead: PA/(AL-1) = Line Height (this merely subtracts one line from All Lines).

Example 1: 9"/60 = .15" = Line Height

Example 2: 9"/50 = .18" = Line Height


To create a new pleading style (yet leave the original Pleading style intact), customers should do the following:
1.      Press Shift-F8 (Format), 3 (Document), 3 (Font), select the desired font, press F7 (Exit)
2.      Press Alt-F8 (Style), highlight Pleading
3.      Press 4 (Edit)
4.      Press 1 to change Name, type My Pleading, press F7
      (If customer is prompted to rename styles in document, press Y (Yes), press F7 (Exit))
5.      Press 8 (Update)
6.      Press F10 (Save), type LIBRARY.STY, press Enter, answer Y (Yes) to Replace LIBRARY.STY?


The customer is now ready to edit the new My Pleading style and enter the new codes.
7.      With My Pleading highlighted in the Styles menu, press 4 (Edit)
8.      Press 4 (Codes). The customer should see two Line Height codes and should delete the first Line Height code
9.      Press Shift-F8 (Format), 1 (Line), 4 (Line Height), 2 (Fixed), enter the number for the desired Line Height (Example 1: type .15", Example 2: type .18")
10.      Press F7 to return to the Styles Codes screen
11.      Press the PgDn key to move after the codes
12.      Press Shift-F8 (Format), 2 (Page), 3 (Headers), 2 (Header B), 5 (Edit), delete the Line Height code
13.      Repeat step 9 (above)
14.      Press PgDn and highlight Advance To Line code
15.      At this point, the customer will either add numbers and hard returns OR backspace and delete all codes following the soft return [SRt] code. (Example 1: Add numbers 29 and 30 by pressing Enter, Enter, Tab, type 29, Enter, Enter, Tab, type 30, OR Example 2: Delete numbers 28, 27, and 26 by pressing the Backspace key until the [HRt-SPg] code disappears.)

The customer should now exit and turn on the My Pleading style. The style can be seen in View Document. Customers may also want to edit the vertical line codes [VLine] to match the new line numbers. They can do this from the My Pleading Styles Codes screen by pressing PgDn, Shift-F8 (Format), 2 (Page), 3 (Headers), 2 (Header B), 5 (Edit) and then editing the two [VLine] codes.

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