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Chapter 8 - Customizing Citations
6) For our example, we want case name to be in bold type. Therefore, make sure that the case name
(“Kodadek v. MTV Networks, Inc.”) has the box around it as illustrated above and then click on the bold
button
under the Current Element Style Attributes to make the text bold.
The example case name will now appear in bold to indicate that the chosen style has been applied:
7) You now need to customize the reporter name, since in our example, the reporter name should be
italicized. Therefore, on the long cite form, click on “F.3d” to make that the active element:
8) Now click on the italics button
to italicize the reporter name:
9) Continue to customize all of the additional elements, by making them the active element in the example
case and then clicking on the appropriate formatting buttons. Do the same for the short citation form and
also for explanatory phrases.
10) When you have completed creating your custom case format, click the OK button.
Note that if you customize one of the pre-existing case styles, (e.g., Law Review/Legal Memorandum for The
Bluebook or Italics/Underline for the ALWD Citation Manual) but later want to go back to the default styles, simply
select the style that you would like to restore, and then click on the
button.
Creating a Custom Citation using the Custom Source Wizard
When you want to customize sources other than cases or customize more than the style of case citation forms,
you can use the Custom Source Wizard. For instance, suppose you are practicing tax law in the state of
Greenacre, and the Greenacre Tax Code is cited in the
following manner:
TitleNumber G.T.C. § SectionNumber (Year)
Therefore, if you were citing to Title 41, Section 77 of the 1997 Greenacre Tax Code, your citation would look like
this:
41 G.T.C. § 77 (1997)
To start creating this custom citation with CiteIt!, open the Custom Source Wizard:
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