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Westlaw New Zealand - Document Delivery 

Document delivery tools allow you to email, print, or download search results and documents. 

When viewing a document, your delivery options are displayed on the right-hand side of the screen. 

You can email, print or download results by clicking the relevant option.  

Email 

Email single or multiple documents. 

  1. Recipients enables you to specify information such as email addresses, subject line and format (so you could choose to send a PDF version, or just send a link to the document) 
  1. Layout and Limits enables you to change footnotes from end of the document to inline, change the colour and style of links and font size, and include: term highlighting, original image and other version links, expanded margin, headnotes, the full Key Number hierarchy, and a cover page.  
  1. Content to Append allows you to choose which KeyCite Lists to include in the download: the first 500 citing references, historical references, negative treatments, and the first 500 Table of Authorities references. 
Print 
  1. The Basics allows you to choose a list of items or documents to download. You can choose the format (RTF, Word, WordPerfect, PDF) as a single merged file or as individual files in a zip folder. 
  1. Layout and Limits enables you to change footnotes from end of the document to inline, change the colour and style of links and font size, and include: term highlighting, original image and other version links, expanded margin for notes, headnotes, the full Key Number hierarchy, and a cover page. 
  1. Content to Append allows you to choose which KeyCite Lists to include in the download: the first 500 citing references, historical references, negative treatments, and the first 500 Table of Authorities references. 
Download 
  1. The Basics allows you to choose a list of items or documents to download. You can choose the format (RTF, Word, WordPerfect, PDF) as a single merged file or as individual files in a zip folder. 
  1. Layout and Limits enables you to change footnotes from end of the document to inline, change the colour and style of links and font size, and include: term highlighting, original image and other version links, expanded margin for notes, headnotes, the full Key Number hierarchy, and a cover page. 

  1. Content to Append allows you to choose which KeyCite Lists to include in the download: the first 500 citing references, historical references, negative treatments, and the first 500 Table of Authorities references. 
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Practical Law Australia User Guide

Instructions on how to get the most from your Practical Law Australia subscription, including navigating the site, running searches, browsing, personalisation features, and more.

This User Guide outlines the key functionalities available with Practical Law Australia.

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Announcement regarding changes to coverage of NewsRoom on Westlaw services (News Corp)

Content updates

The NewsRoom product on the Thomson Reuters Westlaw platforms includes licensed news content from News Corp Australia.  

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Westlaw NZ Guide - Training Support

This guide outlines several ways the training team can assist you with a search query, help you navigate the platform(s) or schedule a training session.

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Announcement regarding changes to coverage of NewsRoom on Westlaw services

The NewsRoom product on the Thomson Reuters Westlaw, Westlaw AU and Westlaw NZ platforms includes licensed news content from the Australian Financial Review (AFR) daily newspaper. 

Recently, the owner of AFR, Fairfax Media, has decided to enforce a three day embargo on their licensed...

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Westlaw New Zealand - Share Folders

Sharing your research with colleagues is an efficient method of working with others. Share your folders, sub folders and associated items with others within and outside your organisation. 

  1. In the Folders menu on the left-hand panel, click the folder you want to share. 
  2. Select the Share Folder icon. 
  3. Enter the names, group, or email addresses manually or from Contacts. 
  4. Click Continue. 

Click Continue. 

  1. If an added email address is not in your Contacts, you will receive a notice that they need to accept a sharing invitation before the folder can be shared. 

- Add your email address and click Continue. 

 

  1. Choose a role for the people you are sharing your folder with: 
  • Reviewer – View and download documents 
  • Contributor – Reviewer access, add/delete own documents, create subfolders 
  • Owner – Contributor access, manage folder access, delete documents and folders
  1. Delete people/groups from the list with the X next to their names. 
  2. Once you have chosen the appropriate roles and the list is correct, click Share. 

 

 

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Westlaw New Zealand - Managing Folders

Manage your documents and download results from selected folders. 

Move or copy a folder 

  1. Select the folder you want to move or copy 
  2. Select Move or Copy from the Options drop-down. The Move Folder or Copy Folder window is displayed. 
  3. Select the folder to which you want to move or copy the folder. 
  4. Click Move or Copy. A message is displayed indicating that the folder has been moved or copied. 

Rename a folder 

You can edit and rename folders you have created through the My Folders page.  

  1. Select the folder you wish to rename 
  2. Click on the Options 
  3. Type in a new name and click Rename  
  1. Enter the new name into the name field and select Save. 

Export documents from a folder  

 Documents saved to My Folders can be Printed, Downloaded or Emailed. 

  1. Go to My Folders and select a folder 
  2. Tick the checkbox beside the item(s) name.  You can choose one or multiple items at one time. 
  3. Select the required delivery option to Download, Print or E-mail. 

Delete an item in a folder 

You can delete folders with all contents and/or select individual items to delete. 

  1. To delete a folder and/or item, tick the checkbox beside the item/s name. You can choose one or multiple items to move at one time. 
  2. Click the Trash icon  
  3. Deleted items are moved to the Trash bin where you can reinstate or permanently delete at a later date. 

Restore item from Trash 

  1. To restore a folder and/or item back into My Folders, select the Trash icon on the left hand side of the screen. 
  2. Tick the checkbox beside the item(s) to restore.  
  3. Click the Folder icon 
  4. Select the folder to return the content to. The selected item(s) will be restored to the new folder location. 

Delete Items from the Recycle Bin 

  1. To permanently delete a folder and/or item, select the Trash folder. 
  2. Tick the checkbox beside the item(s) name. You can choose one or multiple items to move at one time. 
  3. Click the Manage drop down list and select Delete. 
  4. Click OK.  The selected item will be permanently deleted. 
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Westlaw New Zealand - Create and access folders

Organise and manage your research by storing documents and snippets of text in folders that are easily accessible from anywhere on Westlaw New Zealand. Documents that you add to your folders are saved on Westlaw New Zealand for as long as you choose.  

Access Folders

  1. Folders can be accessed by clicking Folders in the top menu. You can also click the Folders tab in the middle of the screen.  
  2. Select View all to display all content in saved in folders. 

Create a folder from the Folders page

  1. Access Folders from the top menu.
  2. Select New in the left-hand panel to create a new folder
  3. Enter a name for the folder, select a location, and click OK.

Create a folder from a document or search results list

  1. Select the Save to Folder icon.
  2. In the pop-up window, click New Folder.
  3. Enter a name for the new folder, select a location, and click OK.

Save documents from search results into a folder

  1. Select the check boxes next to the documents you want to save.
  2. Click the Save to Folder icon.
  3. Select the folder you want to save the documents and click Save.
    A confirmation message will display on the screen.

Save the document you are viewing

  1. From within the document, click the Save to Folder icon. 
  2. Select the folder in which you want to save the documents and click Save.
    A confirmation message is displayed. 

Save selected text

A snippet is a section of text which may include a quote, legal principal and/or relevant text. Snippets are saved to a folder and when you click on a saved snippet it will take you directly to that section of the document referenced.  

  1. To save selected text (snippets) into a folder, highlight the text you want to save by clicking and dragging with your cursor.
  2. Choose Save to Folder from the pop-up menu.
  3. Select the folder into which you want to save the documents.

View saved documents and text

  1. To view the documents or text saved in your folders, click Folders from the top menu and then click View All.
  2. Click the folder containing the items you want to view.
  3. A list of your saved documents and text is displayed in the right column.
  4. To email, print, or download documents, tick the checkbox beside the item(s) name, and click the delivery tools icon to choose your preferred delivery method.
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Westlaw New Zealand - Find and Print

Westlaw Find & Print™ provides an efficient way to retrieve up to 100 full text documents on Westlaw New Zealand and send them to a printer or email address, or download it to a file.

To retrieve documents using Find & Print:

  1. On the Westlaw home page, click Tools and Find & Print.

  1. Type or copy/paste your citations in the Enter Citations box. You can enter up to 100 citations – separate citations with a semicolon or on separate lines. For example: 2019 NZHC 3337;2018 NZHC 583;2019 NZHC 3281
  1. Under Result Options, select one or more check boxes to indicate the content you want delivered. 

  • Select the Full text documents check box to deliver the full text of your documents. You can also select Case opinion only to deliver case opinions without editorial enhancements and Statutory text only to deliver statutes without annotations. 
  • KeyCite: Select the List of all History Treatments check box to deliver KeyCite history for your documents. You can also select the Exclude Related Filings (for Cases) check box to exclude court documents (e.g., briefs and trial court documents) from the KeyCite history result, or select the List of all Negative Treatments check box to limit the KeyCite history results to show only negative history. 
  • Select the List of the first 500 Citing References check box to deliver KeyCite citing references for your documents, or check the box Exclude Pleadings, Briefs, and Other Documents.
  1. Under Delivery Options, select the destination to which you want your results sent. 

  • Select Email to send your results to an email address. Choose a document format (Microsoft® Word, WordPerfect®, Word Processor (RTF), or PDF) from the corresponding drop-down list. Type one or more email addresses in the To box. You can choose to deliver your documents as a single merged fi le or as a merged zip file. 
  • Select Print to deliver the documents to your printer.  
  • Select Download to save your results to a file. Choose a document format (Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Word Processor (RTF), or PDF) from the corresponding drop-down list. You can choose to deliver your documents as a single merged file or as a merged zip file.
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