OT: Here's a good example of how it shows up in a filing for ARTX as an example.
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY: Share capital - Common stock - $0.01 par value each; Authorized: 100,000,000 shares as of March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003; Issued: 62,868,129 shares as of March 31, 2004 and 47,972,407 shares as of December 31, 2003; Outstanding - 62,312,796 shares as of March 31, 2004 and 47,417,074 shares as of December 31, 2003..
The company has a total of 100MM authorized, but they have only issued 62,868,129, of that 62,312,796 shares are outstanding. What is not reported is float, a smaller number than the outstanding because some of the outstanding shares are restricted and can't be traded currently.