Why word isn't ready for the law office

the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently announced that it will no longer tolerate legal briefs generated with Microsoft Word that skip footnotes and endnotes when counting words in a document. DeSilva v. DiLeonardi, No.s 99-1754 and 99-1769 (7th Cir. July 21, 1999).Why word isn't ready for the law office