Best Authority® 201
TOA Options/Schemes Tutorial
This tutorial is available from the downloads page.
This presentation is divided into chapters. The chapters focus on particular TOA option tabs, management of schemes and creation of styles for use in TOAs. It also includes a bonus section with 4 common requests for customizing a TOA.
The chapters are as follows:
- An overview of all the TOA Option Tabs.
- Exclusions Tab--which kinds of citations will appear in the TOA (quoted citations, ids, shorts).
- Groups Tab--3 explanatory chapters
- Adding a Group to the TOA.
- Assigning citation types to a group.
- Options on the Group Properties dialogue.
- Sorting Tab--options for controlling the order of authorities in the TOA.
- Output Tab--how to control the overall styling of the the TOA
- Formatting Tab--how to control the various terms appearing in the TOA.
- Substitutions Tab--how to enforce the spelling of various subdivision terms in the TOA, such as "section", "paragraph" and so forth.
- Manage Schemes--how to save the TOA Options as a Scheme for use in other briefs.
- BA Paragraph Styles--How to create new paragraph styles for use in BA Schemes
- Quick Fixes--How to solve 4 common customizations for a TOA.
- Include quoted citations.
- Change "passim" to always be italic
- How to Add a Group to the TOA
- How to change the font and point size in the TOA.