[blindlaw] Double checking Bluebook

[Derek Manners]

You can also use the keyboard shortcut control shift k to put things in small and large caps. 

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Derek Manners

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> On Mar 1, 2016, at 9:31 AM, Tai Tomasi via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hello. To my knowledge, you cannot put text in small caps with the Braille Sense. In Word, select the text you want to make small caps and go to the font dialog box with control D. There is a checkbox to make the text small caps. Hope this helps.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kelby Carlson via BlindLaw
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 8:25 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Double checking Bluebook
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> This is very helpful. So, if I understand you correctly, MS Word will tell you whether the font is large or small caps? How do you make text large or small caps in Word? As I said, I currently use a BrailleSense but don't think you can do it with that.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stewart, Christopher K via BlindLaw" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 09:18:33 -0500
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Double checking Bluebook
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> Hi Kelby,
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> After two years of law review, I believe the only way to insure accuracy is to do a bunch of insert F to read you the attributes of the text. One important thing, however, is that when you're using JAWS online and press insert F, it tells you the font attributes, but does not tell you whether it is in small caps, at least my version doesn't.
> So, I suggest preparing an MS Word document where you copy the examples of the most commonly-cited forms from the online Bluebook.
> This also saves you from tabbing around on the website. For me, the most common ones have been:
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> Law review articles (consecutively and non-consecutively
> paginated)
> books
> online sources
> cases
> federal statutes
> administrative opinions
> model rules
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> Good luck!
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