Using Citrus to automatically generate correct Bluebook citations to U.S. or international newspapers is as easy as typing your brief or legal document and using the F2 key to mark your citations as you go.  This example will show you how.

Citing to U.S. Newspapers

Begin by starting Microsoft Word 2003 or Word 2007 on a blank document.  Then type this opening sentence:

Director Kirkpatrick stopped short of saying that diverting public emergency services computers and staff to buy World Series tickets was a mistake.

Now you need to cite to an authority.  Whenever you enter a legal citation, use the F2 key to mark it.  For this example, press F2, then the following citation, then F2 again.

Director Kirkpatrick stopped short of saying that diverting public emergency services computers and staff to buy World Series tickets was a mistake. F2 Series Ticket Plot Unravels, Times Call, October 21, 2007, at A1. F2

(Throughout this example you will see ways to use abbreviations and shortcuts to enter citations much more quickly.)

When you press F2 a second time to indicate the end of your legal citation, Citrus will automatically generate a correct Bluebook legal citation to the newspaper article that you cited:

Director Kirkpatrick stopped short of saying that diverting public emergency services computers and staff to buy World Series tickets was a mistake. Series Ticket Plot Unravels, Times-Call (Longmont, Colo.), Oct. 21, 2007, at A1.

Citrus will automatically apply necessary underlining and punctuation, insert missing information, and abbreviate as necessary to put the citation into correct Bluebook format.

Where Citrus cannot infer information that is missing from a cite, it will often identify the information and show you where to put it.  Consider the example below:

"There are as many as 300 federal sentencings every single day. Even if only 1% of them file these motions, that's two filed each day." F2 Correy E. Stephenson, Defense Lawyers Pursuing Libby Motions, LawyersUSA, July 30, 2007. F2

All citations to newspapers require the first page of the article, which the writer omitted in the previous citation.  Citrus has no way of knowing the page on which the article starts.  However, after you press F2 to end the citation, Citrus can tell that the page number is missing and show its correct location in the citation:

"There are as many as 300 federal sentencings every single day. Even if only 1% of them file these motions, that's two filed each day." Correy E. Stephenson, Defense Lawyers Pursuing Libby Motions, LawyersUSA, July 30, 2007, at ?PAGE?.

You can double-click the citation to edit it and change ?PAGE? to the correct page number.

Citing to Foreign Newspapers

Citrus can also do citations to foreign newspapers.  Try this:

London needs a major expansion of rail service to support goals for a car-free Olympics in 2012. F2 Ben Webster, Olympic Chiefs Set to Ban All Car Travel, Times, October 23, 2007,
at 1. F2

When you press F2 to indicate that you are done entering citations, Citrus will generate the following correct citation into your document:

London needs a major expansion of rail service to support goals for a car-free Olympics in 2012. Ben Webster, Olympic Chiefs Set to Ban All Car Travel, Times (London), Oct. 23, 2007,
at 1.

One difficulty with citing to foreign sources is that the letters that they use in their names are difficult to generate on U.S. keyboards.  Citrus helps solve this problem by allowing you to type the name of a publication using letters on a U.S. keyboard that most closely resemble the letter in the target language, then generates a correct citation.  Try the example below:

Poland's leaders want to strengthen their relationship with France. F2 Pologne: Les jumeaux le bec dans l'eau [Polish twins empty-handed], L Est Republicain, October 23, 2007, at 1. F2

Citrus corrects the names of foreign publications in the same way as it corrects the presentation of U.S. publications:

Poland's leaders want to strengthen their relationship with France. F2 Pologne: Les jumeaux le bec dans l'eau [Polish twins empty-handed], L'Est Républicain (Franche-Comté, Fr.), Oct. 23, 2007, at 1.

Using Citrus on Existing Citations

If you enter a citation but forget to press F2, you can still have Citrus manage the citation.  Simply use your mouse or keyboard to highlight the citation, then press F2.  Try entering the following sentence into your document now:

Rep. Upton opposes Cyren Call's plan to allocate spectrum. Kim Hart, Wireless Spectrum for Safety Hits Roadblocks, Washington Post, July 23, 2007, at A1.

Highlight "Kim Hart, Wireless Spectrum for Safety Hits Roadblocks, Washington Post, July 23, 2007, at A1." and press F2.  Citrus will recognize the citation and generate the following:

Rep. Upton opposes Cyren Call's plan to allocate spectrum. Kim Hart, Wireless Spectrum for Safety Hits Roadblocks, Wash. Post, July 23, 2007, at A1.

This can also be useful when you are using Citrus on a document that was not created with Citrus.  Simply highlight the citations in the document for which you would like Citrus to manage the Bluebook formatting and Citrus will format the citation and manage it as you continue to edit your brief, law school writing assignment, or other legal document.

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