Recent & Favourites

After you select one or more search filters, apply them to a search, and generate a set of results, Lexis Advance® Quicklaw® automatically adds the filters to the Recent & Favourites list, where you can select them for use in later searches.

Note: Selecting a filter from Recent & Favourites during a current search, replaces any other filters you have already selected.

You can open the Recent & Favourites list and take any of the following actions:

  • Mark or remove a filter as a favourite.
  • Remove a filter from the list.
  Empty star icon indicating the filter was used recently, but not a favourite Indicates the filter is a recent filter but not a favourite. Select the icon to mark the filter as a favourite.
  Filled in star icon indicating the filter is a favourite Indicates the filter is a favourite. Select the icon to remove the filter as a favourite (it remains on the list as a recent filter).
  An "X" icon to delete the filter from the favourites list Select to remove the filter from the list.
 

After you select one or more search filters, apply them to a search, and generate a set of results, Quicklaw® automatically adds the filters to the Recent & favorites list, where you can select them for use in later searches.

You can prevent any filter from being automatically removed from the Recent & Favourites list by marking it as a favorite. You can mark a filter as a favorite by accessing the Recent & Favourites list or from a Results list.

After selecting one or more filters and running a search:

  1. Select Filters from the search box.
  2. Select Recent & Favourite from the box that is displayed.
  3. Find the filter you want to mark as a favourite and select the "empty" star () to the right of its name. The star changes to a "filled" star () to indicate you have marked it as a favourite.

After optionally selecting one or more filters and running a search:

  1. Select content from the Search Within Results box on the left margin below the Narrow By heading to further filter your results. For more inform, see Filtering My Results
    Note: The filters by which you have narrowed your search are listed below the Narrow By heading
  2. Select the "empty" star () below the list of filters. The Save Filters as Favourite box is displayed.
  3. Choose one of the following options:
    • If you want the favourite filter to include only the currently selected content type, select the Current category option.
    • If you want the favourite filter to include all the content types containing results for this search, select the All categories shown for this search option.
  4. Click Save.

When you remove a filter as a favorite, it remains on the Recent & Favourites list as a recent filter, until it is otherwise removed from the list.

To remove a filter as a favorite, select the "filled" star () to the right of its name. The star changes to an "empty" star () to indicate it is no longer a favorite.

 

 

The following video gives a brief overview of using favourites in Lexis Advance® Quicklaw®.