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Several People are Typing
Several People are Typing – while poor Gerald slowly loses control over his life while trapped in Slack. What’s a down-trodden office worker to do?
Making your brief look great
These posts from last year provide the information you need to style your captions, paginate your document, create a Table of Contents in just a few clicks, and write a Table of Authorities without fear.
What We’re Reading: The 12 Books I Read in April
I listen to audiobooks at 2x speed while doing other things, so I tend to go through a lot of books each month. They tend to include a mix of genres and types, mostly because I read whatever just came off of my hold list. Then it takes me a month to write up my impressions while I …
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HLS Library Book Talk: The Hughes Court From Progressivism to Pluralism, 1930 to 1941
Tuesday, April 5, 12:30pm-1:30pm Eastern time via Zoom WebinarsWritten By Mark Tushnet, Cambridge University Press, published January 2022 Join us for a discussion on The Hughes Court From Progressivism to Pluralism, 1930 to 1941 with author Mark Tushnet and panelists Nikolas Bowie, Richard Fallon, Kenneth Mack, and Adrian Vermeule. This event is free and will be recorded. Registration is required. If …
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Did You Know: Table of Authorities
You’re about done with your brief, but still have one more thing to do: your Table of Authorities. Don’t worry if you haven’t started this yet. It’s a good idea to do this at the end. Creating your Table gives you one more chance to check your citations and your work. And, if you do this too early …
Did you know: Adding A Table of Contents
You’ve added all of your Headings with Heading Styles, but do they do anything other than look good? Definitely! They let you use Word’s powerful organizational tools – Navigation and Table of Contents. Navigation It’s hard to move between sections when you are working on a long document. You can use your Heading styles to move between sections …
Did You Know: How to Print with Arabic and Roman Numbers
So you’re working on a document that requires no numbers on the first page, Roman numbers for a Table of Contents and similar material, and Arabic numbers for the content. Is there a way to do this without numbering each page by hand? Yes! The secret is a hidden tool called “Section Break Next page.” Hidden Characters If …
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Did You Know: Word styles make briefs sing?
Sometimes, Word just… goes off. The formatting isn’t what you wanted. The spacing is all over the place. When you start typing, the new paragraph doesn’t exactly resemble the previous one. We can help you with that. Styles -There is a better way: Styles are the most useful tool you aren’t using in Word. You’ve seen them in …
What We’re Reading: The Passenger
The Passenger by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz As I’m writing this, the UN estimates that about over 2,000,000 Ukrainians have fled the Russian invasion and subsequent war. By bus, by car, by train, the refugees are seeking safety from the tanks rolling down their roads and highways. This means that there are still millions are left in Ukraine. And …