WD: Table of Authorities: Short Citations, Long Citations Define

Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
Article ID: Q115251
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

You can create a secondary (short) citation of an item once a primary (long) citation is created by using the table of authorities feature in Word 6.0 and higher. The short citation is used for all cases, statutes, or other sources you already referred to in a long citation.

The short citation should not appear in the table of authorities. It is simply an additional reference to the same item that was previously cited with a long citation.

MORE INFORMATION

Only long citations appear in a table of authorities. Only the page numbers for the short citations will appear, if the short citation is on a different page than the long citation. Here is an example of a long and short citation:

   Long -->  Brown v. Board of Education, 273 US 177, 93 F2d 14 (1953)
   Short-->  Brown v. Board of Education (1953)

If the long citations is on page 1, and the short citation is on page 2, the table of authorities would look something like this:

                               TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

   BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION, 273 US 177, 93 F2D 14
   (1953)...................1, 2

REFERENCES

Word 97

For additional help, click the Office Assistant, type "How do I create a Table of Authority," and click Search.

Word 7.0

For additional help, click Answer Wizard on the Help menu, and search on the words "How do I create a Table of Authority."

Word 6.0

For additional help, click "Search for Help on" on the Help menu, and search on the words "Table of Authorities." Select "Table of Authorities" from the Index list and click Display.

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0, pages 462-468


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Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
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