Settings Page

This drop-down menu is available if you have multiple LexisNexis® products installed. Select the product you want to start with from the drop-down menu.

• Number of results to display per page
  Select how many results you want to view on each page of your results list. You can choose 10, 25, or 50.
• Choose how much detail to include for each result
  Select whether you want to include minimal text from each individual result Title Only or if you want to include several lines of text that help provide context for the result Full View. Selecting one of these options will set the default behavior, but you can change your view while viewing your actual results.
• When available, show the Graphical view
  Select this option to include a graph that visually indicates where in the document your search terms appear. Optionally, select Multicolor to assign different colors to each search term in the graph.
• Font size
  Select the font size to be used when your results are displayed. Your options are Small, Medium, and Large.

• Sort jurisdiction and court filters
  Select whether you want filters to be sorted By number of results (highest-lowest) or Alphabetically (A-Z).
• When displaying jurisdiction and location filters, always list these first
  Click the Add preferred jurisdictions and locations link to select your three most used jurisdictions and locations.
  These locations will be listed first in the associated Narrow By options in your results list. If you have already selected these locations, you can edit them by clicking the Edit link.

• Font type: Select the font you want document text to be displayed in. Your options include Arial, Courier, Times New Roman, and Verdana.
• Font size: Select the font size you want document text to be displayed in. Your options include Small, Medium, and Large.

To set the default sort by settings:

1. Select a the drop-down menu in the Content Type field.
2. Select the preferred content type.
3. Select the adjacent Sort By relevancy. Choose from:
   • Document title (A-Z or Z-A)
   • Jurisdition (A-Z or Z-A)
   • Court (highest-lowest or lowest-highest)
   • Date (newest-oldest or oldest-newest)
   • Cite frequency (highest-lowest or lowest-highest)
   • Citator treatment (negative first or positive first)
4. Click Add content types to add other content types you want to define, along with it's sort by relevancy.
5. Click the X next to an already-listed content type to remove the item.

Number of days to show in Research Map: Choose a number of days using the drop-down list:. Your options include 7, 15, or 30.

The Research Map allows you to view your search activities over a certain period of time in graphical format. For more information, see What is the Research Map?.

Select the checkboxes that represent activities for which you'd like to have notifications emailed to you:

• An item/folder is shared with me:Select this to be notified when someone shares a folder or other item such as a document or alert with you.
• An item/folder is no longer shared with me:Select this to be notified when someone stops sharing an item or folder with you. Once it's unshared, you will no longer have access to it.
• Annotations or notes are added, modified, or deleted for a shared item:Select this to be notified when another user adds or changes the annotations or notes for an item that has been shared with you.
• The property of the shared item is changed:Select this to be notified if the properties of the item are changed, such as the document name or client ID.
• Permissions are changed for a shared item:Select this to be notified if the owner of the shared item changes any permissions associated with it.
• A shared document is updated:Select this to be notified if the contents of a shared document is updated.
• Another user accepts or rejects a sharing invitation:Select this to be notified if someone you share the item with accepts or rejects the invitation to share the document.
• Another user unsubscribes from a shared item:Select this to be notified if someone unsubscribes from an item you have shared with them.
• A docket has been updated: Select this to be notified when a docket has been updated.
• A delivery request that was taking a long time is complete:Select this to be notified when delivery requests which take longer than expected are finished.
• A delivery request over the page limit has occurred:Select this to be notified when delivery requests over a page limit are finished.
• A delivery request to Dropbox is unable to be completed:Select this if you want to be notified when your connection to Dropbox fails and a delivery request is unable to be completed.

Turn on or off the accessibility features in LexisNexis® Lexis+™ Canada. Select:

• On: To turn on accessibility features in Lexis+™ Canada
• Off: To turn off accessibility features in Lexis+™ Canada

These settings when checked, allow you to:

• Suggest last-used search terms and filters for all searches within a session.
• Retain search filters for future sessions.

Search Filters

Include search suggestions from the following groups: Check from the following search options to narrow or broaden your search:

• Sources
• Documents
• Legal phrases

Display search results in this category first

Click this drop-down list to choose the category for which you want to view your initial results. If you want, you can change this on a search-by-search basis at the search form.

Cases and Quantums (does not apply in condensed view)

• Show Overview: Shows an editorial summary of the document
• Show Terms: Shows the overview plus a view of search terms in context
• Show Extract:- Shows the overview plus a view of a section of the document

Other categories

• Terms:Select to show your search terms highlighted within the text of each document in your results list.
• Extract:Select to show the section of the document where the most search terms are located in each document in your results list.

Sort 'Browse Sources' filter:

• By number of results (highest-lowest)
• Alphabetically (A-Z)

Show 'recently viewed' document icon: Select if you'd like to see this icon () in your results list next to documents you have already viewed.

QuickCITE® Records

Select the check box if you want to show case graphs in your search.

Client ID

• Do not ask for my Client ID
• I want to be asked for my Client ID on login
• I want to be asked for my Client ID on my first search
• I want to be asked for my Client ID on every search