I am transcribing legal documents and have a few problems.

1. As you may know, pleading paper features borders on either side. On the left side, outside the border the lines are numbered, 1-25 down the page. My numbers are 1/2" away from the border. How can I decrease this to 1/4"?
2. Once you have a footer in place, how can you remove it?
3. Sometimes, on the last line of the page Word will full-justify (even if there's only 3 words!) and sometimes it will left-justify, or leave a short line (which is not the end of a paragraph). Why is this?
4. What's the best way to hook one document to another, so they form one document?

Thanks for any help. I have consulted online help and the manual, both are useless. Another reason I hate Word.

Catty

3) This is probably because it does not recognize the line break as a paragraph break in the first case but does in the second. Be sure that you are not holding down shift while pressing enter for the paragraph break. Click on ¶ in the toolbar to reveal formatting characters, then make sure each paragraph ends with that same symbol ¶

2) You should be able to View -> Headers and Footers -> then delete the text.

Thank you, methos. Actually, there is nothing in the footer, it's just a dotted line! I have to type something in in order to delete it, and I'm not sure that even worked, as it reappears on the next page.

Catty

1. This is referring to the margin or indent settings, if I am understanding your question properly. Open the document and under "File" go to "Page Setup" and look to see where your margins are set. Or it could be that there is an indent set. Look at the ruler at the top of the document. Are both the little triangles (tab setters) lined up vertically at 0 and do they have a little rectangle under them? Or is one of the triangles moved over to the 1/2 inch mark?

2. Methos' directions are correct. Can you select the dotted line to delete it? Does it only appear when you look at the page view or does it appear when you print? I might have to have you forward that to me so I can study it.

3. Sounds like a software glitch. On the last line that is justified look at the top of the document. Is the left alignment box selected or is the justified box selected?

4. This gets a little complicated but here is what you do. Open your master document, the one you are working in that you want to add other word pages to. Now go under "View" and select "Outline". Click in the document where you want to add an existing document. On the Outline toolbar click "Insert Subdocument" button. A window will open which allows you to browse in your files for the document you want to insert. Select that document and click open. Now you have just inserted a word document within the word document you were working on

Methos: I am holding down CTRL-ENTR.

Georgia: I appreciate your suggestions on this. I will try them and report back. I'll also send this to my employer (just for her information, and with your permission).

BTW, in regard to moving the numbers closer to the border, you do that by going into PageSetup, clicking on Line Numbering, and where it says "From Text", reduce the numbers one at a time until it's like you want it. FYI

Thank you both.

Catty

See, you didn't need our help afterall!

Oh, yes I did, Georgia dear! My potential employer furnished the answer to #1, and you and methos and dixie did the rest!

Habibi, everyone!

Catty

Hmmm....double click feature for MerriamWebster didn't help one bit in translating that above word....

From Wikipedia:
Habibi is the arabic word for 'darling' or 'honey'.

Well you learn something new everyday. Thanks Dixie.

It is also used (in the Egypt I visited) to mean, "I love you."

EGYPT, HABIBI! AP, HABIBI!

Catty