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Legal Citation Styles

Creating Citations Tip

Wondering how to create the section symbol – § – in Microsoft Word™?

Option 1
1. Position your cursor where you want to insert §.

2. While holding down the <alt> key, type in 0167 on the number pad.

Option 2
1. Position your cursor where you want to insert §.

2. Click on the "Insert" command, then the "Symbol" option.

3. Click on the "More Symbols" option.

4. The section symbol is included under the "Latin-1 Supplement" subset.

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