Before reading this article, you might want to check out: Citing a case in Word

Overview

CiteRight will apply a citation format based on the available information from the source you saved it from by default. However, you can always modify how that reference appears throughout your document after it is saved. In this article, you'll learn how you can modify various pieces of your reference.

Click Modify in the case preview pane to change how a reference appears in your document

1. In your Microsoft Word document, select the reference you want to modify. Click the Modify button in the preview pane.

2. A pop up window will appear and allow you to view and change the details of this reference. These include:

Style cause
Year of Decision*
Primary Citation
Parallel Citation*
Jurisdiction and Court Abbreviation*
Short Form
Pinpoint Type
Hyperlink
Case history

*can only be modified for certain cases where they may be needed

bold = mandatory and automatically filled, but can always be modified

Once you have made your desired changes, click Save.

Your changes will automatically be applied throughout your document.

Any changes that are made in the body of the document or within the field of the footnote will revert when the reference refreshes. Instead, always make changes using the "modify" as detailed above.

Modifying short forms

By default, if a case is cited more than once, CiteRight will use only the style of cause in subsequent references of that case when referring to a supra note. However, you have the option to create a customized short form. Once you add a custom short form, CiteRight wraps this for you in square brackets at the end of the first reference.

Steps

Select a citation to open the case text in the preview pane.
Under the style of cause, select Modify Reference.
Type in the Short Form field, then click Save.
Citing a case for the first time will not display the short form. The short form will automatically be displayed the next time you cite that case anywhere in your document.
Cite the case again to show the short form in square brackets.

In this example: Hernandez is the short form.

Suppressing short form display in the first reference

Click on the CiteRight tab, then click Preferences

In the Citations tab, uncheck Include short form in first citation, then click Save.

Now, when rendering citations, the short form in square brackets in the first citation will not appear.

Keep in mind that if you make subsequent references to the case throughout your document, the short form will still appear, as long as the Short Form checkbox in the Formats section of the Citation Preferences is selected.

Next Up:

In-text or footnote?

Working with ibids, supras, and short forms

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