Thanks to the staff at the Harnish Law Library at the Pepperdine University School of Law for their permission to use content from their guide on formatting appellate briefs. Jameson Law Library at the University of Montana) for her permission to use her guide on MS Word for appellate briefs as the template for this guide. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona (formerly at the William J. Now when you view your document, the text should be centered. Then click on the Center button in the Paragraph group. Then select the Home tab in the toolbar at the top of the screen. Thanks to Cynthia Condit at the Daniel F. Question: In Word 2011 for Mac, how do I center text in a document Answer: Select the text that youd like to center. Select formatting per your professor's instructions or appropriate court rules. that are mentioned throughout are for demonstration purposes.
Please Note: Specific formatting selections, such as font type and size, underlining etc. Most of the guide has to do with the intricacies of formatting appellate briefs, but the ' Quick Tips and Tricks' section includes information that could be helpful to any law student, such as using appropriate legal formatting and typefaces, section § and paragraph ¶ symbols, and properly anonymizing and removing editing history from your documents.
Our guide has been put together to assist you in creating a Table of Contents (TOC) and a Table of Authorities (TOA) for an Appellate Brief using Microsoft Word 2010 with a PC or Microsoft Word 2011 with a MAC.
