The TA (Table of Authorities Entry) field defines the text and page number for a table of authorities entry.
Note: The TA field is formatted as hidden text and displays no result in the document. To view this field, on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Show/Hide.
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Syntax
When you view the TA field in your document, the syntax looks like this:
{ TA [Switches ] }
Note: A field code tells the field what to show. Field results are what’s shown in the document after having evaluated the field code. To toggle between viewing the field code and the field code results, press Alt+F9.
Instructions
To add a table of authorities entry to selected text, click Mark Citation in the Table of Authorities group on the References tab, and then click Mark.
Switches
\b
Applies bold formatting to the page number for the entry. The field { TA "Low v. Miller" \b } displays the entry as "Low v. Miller.........23" in the table of authorities. If the Table of Authorities style for the entry already has bold formatting, the \b switch removes it.
\c "Category"
Specifies the entry category, which is a number that corresponds to the order of categories in the Category box in the Mark Citation dialog box. (To open the dialog box, click Mark Citation in the Table of Authorities group on the References tab.)
The number determines how citations are grouped in tables of authorities. The field { TA \l "Hotels v. Leisure Time" \c 2 } is included only in the table of authorities inserted by the field { TOA \c 2 }, where "2" corresponds to "Statutes". If you omit the \c switch, category 1 ("Cases") is the default.
\i
Makes the entry's page number italic. The field { TA "Low v. Miller" \i } displays the entry as "Low v. Miller.........23 " in the table of authorities. The switch removes the italic formatting if the Table of Authorities style for the entry is italic.
\l "Long"
Defines the long citation for the entry in the table of authorities. This citation is from the Long citation box in the Mark Citation dialog box. (To open the dialog box, click Mark Citation in the Table of Authorities group on the References tab.)
\r Bookmark
Inserts as the entry's page number the range of pages marked by the specified bookmark. The field { TA \l "Hotels Corporation v. Herder Assoc. 483 F.2d 247 (3d Cir. 1990)" \r hotelsvherder } displays the entry's page number in the format "20–25" in the table of authorities.
\s "Short"
Defines the abbreviated form of the entry; this citation is from the Short citation box in the Mark Citation dialog box. (To open the dialog box, click Mark Citation in the Table of Authorities group on the References tab.)
Example
The field { TA \l "Barber v. Alboni, 58 Wn. 2d 243 (1961)" \s "Barber v. Alboni" \c 1 \b } creates the following entry in the "Cases" category of a table of authorities:
Barber v. Alboni, 58 Wn. 2d 243 (1961) 5,6
