Overview

As you've seen in the previous article, there are 2 main components of CiteRight, a browser extension, and a Microsoft Word Add-In. The browser extension is where you or a colleague would add cases into your CiteRight library. The Word Add-In is used to cite those cases automatically and build out the books of authorities. Here, we'll get introduced to how to cite cases in the CiteRight Microsoft Word Add-In. 

 

Table of Contents

Citing cases using CiteRight

Editing citations

Converting a non CiteRight document to a CiteRight document

Generating a ToA

 

Citing your cases using CiteRight

Now that your cases are all added to CiteRight, you can easily view those by opening up CiteRight in Microsoft Word and clicking on a case that you want to cite. See below for how that would work. 

Open CiteRight and select a case

Press Cite

Presto! Case cited!

Learn more! Citing a case in Word 

Learn more! Not case law? Creating a custom reference

 

Making edits to citations

One of the many advantages to using CiteRight is that edits to your citations or pinpoints are really easy to make! All you need to do is click on the reference you'd like to edit and the case text will appear in the side panel. 

Note: When you click on a case, the Cite button now changes to Update. This lets you know that CiteRight is ready to swap out or update your existing reference. 

 

Learn more: Changing a reference you've already cited

Learn more: All about pinpoints

Learn more: Modifying a reference

 

Pro tip!  If you are going to be working on a long document, turn off instant rendering. This will stop the system from live updating the CiteRight references as you cite them with ibids, supras, and short forms.  Learn more: When to turn on/off Instant Render

 

Having trouble? 

I'm receiving the "Please insert reference outside of content control" error, what do I do?

 

Converting a non CiteRight document to a CiteRight document

Sometimes you encounter documents that have not been created with CiteRight. Converting them is easy! Here's how you do it:

Step 1 Ensure the case is saved in the library

Step 2 Locate the correct case in the side panel of the CiteRight Microsoft Word application

Step 3 Cite the case in place of the footnote or in-text reference  

 

Pro tip!  Microsoft Word will not allow you to replace a footnoted reference so you'll need to cite the case first, validate that you have captured the correct pinpoints, and then delete the non-CiteRight reference

 

Generating a table of authorities

Now that you've cited all your references or converted your references to, a table of authorities is just a click away! 

Learn more: Inserting a Table of Authorities

 

Next Up:

Associate or articling student: The final work products

Paraprofessional: Assembling and generating your Book of Authorities

Partner or senior lawyer: The final work products