Generating a list using keywords.

[d.libera]

I have a legal treatise with case cites. What I'd like to do is use keywords
to generate a list of cites that pertain to those keywords. Has anyone done
this or have any suggestions at all how I could do this? I'd really
appreciate any help. Thanks!

 

[Guest]

I have a legal treatise with case cites. What I'd like to do is use keywords
to generate a list of cites that pertain to those keywords. Has anyone done
this or have any suggestions at all how I could do this? I'd really
appreciate any help. Thanks!

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Your question doesn't quite make sense to me. Could you give a little more
detail about what you are trying to do? And state your version of Word.

 

[Guest]

Sorry about that!

I'm using Word 2003.

What I have is a long legal document that lists various legal cases (like
Smith v. Jones, for example) and each case citation relates to various
subjects (Smith v. Jones relates to bankruptcy and mortgages, again for
example). What I'm hoping is possible is to assign keywords to each case
citation so that a table listing the citation and its keywords can be
generated. It's like a Table of Cases, but slightly more detailed.

I hope that clarifies things a bit -- and my apologies for being vague
earlier!

Thanks!

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Have you checked out the Table of Authorities feature?

Your second post sorta clarified the question, but not completely. Are these
keywords supposed to show up in the text?

I'm not really sure how this might work. You could possibly use Index fields
to assign the keywords, then generate an index like so:
[Keyword 1]
smith v. jones
jones v. casey

[keyword 2]
jones v. casey
mitchell v. brown

Would that get you what you are looking for?

If you want this:
Smith v. jones: keyword 1, keyword 2, keyword 3

I can't see how to auto-generate that at all. Conceivably some slick VBA or
Find&Replace could re-arrange a generated index.

I don't quite see how assigning keywords is any faster than just manually
typing a list, though.

 

[Guest]

I'm thinking the Index fields is going to come closest to generating the kind
of list I need -- I'll check out the Table of Authorities feature as well.
I'm sorry for being unclear -- I'm not quite sure what it is my boss is
asking of me either other than a general understanding that he wants to
create a script that will search for keywords assigned to specific citations
so that a list will be generated that resembles the Index sample you
provided. I'm going to try what you suggested and see if it comes close to
what the boss is looking for.

Thanks for your patience and for your help; I appreciate it!

Have you checked out the Table of Authorities feature?

Your second post sorta clarified the question, but not completely. Are these
keywords supposed to show up in the text?

I'm not really sure how this might work. You could possibly use Index fields
to assign the keywords, then generate an index like so:
[Keyword 1]
smith v. jones
jones v. casey

[keyword 2]
jones v. casey
mitchell v. brown

Would that get you what you are looking for?

If you want this:
Smith v. jones: keyword 1, keyword 2, keyword 3

I can't see how to auto-generate that at all. Conceivably some slick VBA or
Find&Replace could re-arrange a generated index.

I don't quite see how assigning keywords is any faster than just manually
typing a list, though.

Sorry about that!

I'm using Word 2003.

What I have is a long legal document that lists various legal cases (like
Smith v. Jones, for example) and each case citation relates to various
subjects (Smith v. Jones relates to bankruptcy and mortgages, again for
example). What I'm hoping is possible is to assign keywords to each case
citation so that a table listing the citation and its keywords can be
generated. It's like a Table of Cases, but slightly more detailed.

I hope that clarifies things a bit -- and my apologies for being vague
earlier!