Contract Sentences are Incomplete

Problem

sentences are incomplete in contracts created by MacNail contract writing software
Words are missing.
Cuts off some words or letters.
I can't see everything in a clause/ header/ footer, all isn't shown.

Diagnosis

They are opening word processor files with Excel.
Spreadsheets only show the first 255 characters in each paragraph. That's how they work.

Solution

Open the file in a word processor instead (see manual, page 59).
If they don't have a regular word processor, use TeachText or SimpleText (Mac) or Write or Notepad (Windows)

If they really want to print from Excel, they need to choose 'spreadsheet' in the New Contract dialog. Then when it makes a contract, it will split paragraphs into separate lines.
However it's much easier to work with text in a word processor. Indentation, insertions, formatting, corrections etc are all MUCH easier.

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Entered 9/21/95 by Dennis. Updated 11/26/2010.