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Westlaw NZ Guide - Using Folders

This user guide explains how to save to and share content in My Folders in Westlaw NZ.

Westlaw NZ folders help you to organise, manage and share your research. This includes the ability to save searches, documents and snippets, and includes the ability to share folders and content with colleagues within your organisation.

Note: Your annotations will not be shared with others as these are unique to you.

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Westlaw NZ Guide - Setting Preferences

This user guide provides guidance on the customisation features of Westlaw NZ.

Preferences allow you to customise your Westlaw NZ experience. Changes are made by selecting or deselecting listed options. To set your Preferences, click the Preferences menu located in the system toolbar. This will display a list of the following options.

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Westlaw NZ Guide - Legislation Status Flags

Thomson Reuters provides all versions of legislation – past, present and future – sometimes referred to as "point in time" legislation. The various versions of legislation have symbols added to the titles to indicate their status.

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Westlaw NZ - How to create a Quicklink (2:59 min)

This video will demonstrate how to create Quick Links as short cuts to frequently used content in Westlaw New Zealand.

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Westlaw NZ Guide - How to Download and Print

This user guide explains how to print and download documents in Westlaw NZ.

Download and print options are available to you in any view on Westlaw NZ. You can stay on the home page and select one or more documents to download and print, or you can do the same from your list of search results, or after you have browsed away from the home page and into a database or document.

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Westlaw NZ Guide - How to Create Quick Links

This user guide explains how to create your own quick links to commonly accessed content.

The quick links functionality provides users with the ability to personalise the homepage and create links to regularly accessed content. This includes search forms, products, a chapter, legislation, precedent, case, journals and more. Once a quick link is created, a link is displayed on the right hand side of the homepage. Simply click the blue star icon to display a list of deep links.

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Westlaw NZ Guide - Finding Legislation

This user guide explains how to search and find legislation and commentary on Westlaw NZ.

There are two ways to easily find and use legislation and commentary on Westlaw NZ. You can choose to:

  • Browse to the piece of legislation you require
  • Use the legislation and commentary search template to search for a particular piece of legislation

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