(1) The clerk of each trial court shall keep a docket for each original action filed in that court. Actions shall be assigned consecutive file numbers as prescribed in the Circuit Clerks Manual published by the Administrative Office of the Courts. The file number of each action shall be inscribed on the heading of the page of the docket on which the first entry of the action is made. All papers filed with the clerk, process issued and returns made, appearances, orders, verdicts, and judgments shall be marked with the file number and shall be noted chronologically in the docket on the page or pages of the docket assigned to the action. These notations shall be brief but shall show the nature of each paper filed or issued and the substance of each order or judgment of the court and of the returns showing execution of process. The notation of an order or judgment shall show the date the notation is made. When a trial by jury has been properly demanded or ordered the clerk shall enter the word “jury” on the heading of the page of the docket on which the first entry of the action is made.

(2) The circuit court clerk shall keep for each action appealed to that court a separate appellate docket. Such actions shall be assigned consecutive file numbers as prescribed in the Circuit Clerks Manual published by the Administrative Office of the Courts. The provisions of paragraph (1) of this Rule 79.01 relating to entries on the docket shall apply also to the appellate docket.