When drafting your legal document, you may need to include a Table of Authorities, which lists the cases and other legal sources you include in the document. The Table of Authorities includes the page numbers in the document on which the cited reference appears. If your jurisdiction requires Tables of Authorities be formatted a specific way, you can let Lexis ® for Microsoft Office ® automatically format the table so it is in compliance with the jurisdiction's rules. Otherwise, you can specify the formatting yourself, which can include adding your own headings or rearranging entries within the Table of Authorities. To do this: Note: You should first in your document before you generate a Table of Authorities. While in a Microsoft Word document,.
Learn how to create an automatic Table of Contents in Word 2016, Word 2010, Word 2007, Word 2003, and Microsoft Word for Mac. The Table of Contents can act as both a guide and navigation tool within the document, enabling readers to quickly find the information they need. If you want the table to appear on its own page, press Ctrl+Enter to create a page break. You might also want to type a heading, such as Table of Authorities. Click the Insert Table of Authorities button in the Table of Authorities group on the References tab. The Table of Authorities dialog box appears.
Click the Prepare TOA button ( ) in the Shepard's ® Citation Tools section of the ribbon. (When prompted, confirm that you want to open the Table of Authorities pane.).
While viewing the Table of Authorities pane, use any of the following options to work with the table: Option Description Add Citation To add a single citation from the document that isn't already listed in your Table of Authorities, select (highlight) the citation in your document and then click Add Citation. Lexis for Microsoft Office then analyzes the text and adds the citation to the Table of Authorities.
Refresh Report Use this option to update the Table of Authorities pane with changes you've made to your document text. For example, if you have added citations to the document text, or if you've moved your existing long and short-form citations around, you can click this button and the document will be analyzed and the Table of Authorities report will be updated with your changes. (To update the table within the document, click Update TOA.) Format options Click this link to specify the settings you want to use for inserting the Table of Authorities. See for details. Advanced Functions Click the Expand icon ( ) to view options for adding your own custom headings to the Table of Authorities, and then complete the following steps:. Enter your heading in the Add new heading to Table of Authorities box. Note: As you type, potential headings are suggested, based on the characters you type.
To select one of these suggestions, select it from the list. Click Add to add the heading to the table. To arrange the order of headings and citations within the table, click the Up and Down arrows ( and ) to the right of the entry (in the table) to move the entry up or down in the list. See for more information. When you're ready to insert the Table of Authorities in the document, click in the document where you want the table to appear and then click Insert TOA. The table is inserted.
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