Word.TableOfAuthoritiesMarkCitationOptions interface
Specifies the options for inserting a Table of Authorities Entry (TA) field.
Remarks
Used by
Examples
// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/42-reference-tables/table-of-authorities.yaml
// Marks each matching case name as a citation.
await Word.run(async (context) => {
const tablesOfAuthorities: Word.TableOfAuthoritiesCollection = context.document.tablesOfAuthorities;
const citationOptions: Word.TableOfAuthoritiesMarkCitationOptions = {
category: 1,
longCitation: "Contoso v. Fabrikam, 2026",
};
tablesOfAuthorities.markAllCitations("Contoso v. Fabrikam", citationOptions);
await context.sync();
console.log("Marked every occurrence of Contoso v. Fabrikam as a citation.");
});
Properties
| category | If provided, specifies the category number to be associated with the entry. Values 1 through 16 correspond to the items listed in the Category dropdown list of the Mark Citation dialog. The value |
| long |
If provided, specifies the long citation for the entry as it will appear in a table of authorities. |
| long |
If provided, specifies the name of the AutoText entry that contains the text of the long citation as it will appear in a table of authorities. |
Property Details
category
If provided, specifies the category number to be associated with the entry. Values 1 through 16 correspond to the items listed in the Category dropdown list of the Mark Citation dialog. The value 1 corresponds to the first category listed, 2 corresponds to the second category, and so on. To learn how to access this through the Word UI, see Create a table of authorities.
category?: number;Property Value
number
Remarks
longCitation
If provided, specifies the long citation for the entry as it will appear in a table of authorities.
longCitation?: string;Property Value
string
Remarks
longCitationAutoText
If provided, specifies the name of the AutoText entry that contains the text of the long citation as it will appear in a table of authorities.
longCitationAutoText?: string;Property Value
string