Operation Manual

2 Corel Perfect Authority User Guide
Understanding Perfect Authority
Perfect Authority is a program that integrates with WordPerfect to create a table of
authorities (or “TOA”) for you, based on the citations found in your document.
You can access Perfect Authority from directly within WordPerfect — just click the
Perfect Authority button on the WordPerfect toolbar.
How does Perfect Authority work?
Perfect Authority scans your document for citations of cases, statutes, and constitutions.
When located, these citations are used to create a table of authorities automatically.
You can insert a table of authorities in the current WordPerfect document, or you can
send it to a new document. For more information, see “Creating a table of authorities
with Perfect Authority” on page 3.
What standards are supported by Perfect Authority?
By default, Perfect Authority offers support for The Bluebook® and California Style
Manual standards.
What if my citation standards differ from the default standards?
Besides supporting the most common citation standards, Perfect Authority lets you
define customized standards for your tables of authorities.
You can create your own “option set” — a group of settings that defines the content,
formatting, and sorting method used to create your table of authorities. When you
create an option set, it is saved for future re-use; if you need to support a variety of
citation standards for different districts or courts, you can easily create a library of
option sets. For more information, see “Customizing Perfect Authority settings” on
page 5.
In addition, you can edit the dictionary that Perfect Authority uses to identify citations.
For more information, see “Editing the Perfect Authority dictionary” on page 11.