Settings Page

Use the Settings page to customize your experience in Nexis. The left-hand side of your Settings page contains two tabs: General and Nexis.

Note: If you have other LexisNexis products, tabs containing setting options for those specific products are also displayed.

To modify your settings:

  1. From the global navigation bar, select the User ID drop-down list and choose Settings from the list of options.
  2. Select the area you want to modify (General or Nexis from the list on the left.

    Note: To modify your research settings, select Nexis Research.)

  3. While viewing the options in the right pane, select or clear checkboxes, or choose items from the drop-down lists to modify the way Nexis works for you.
  4. Click Save Changes to Settings & Close to save the settings you made.
  5. Click Close Settings Without Saving to return to where you were before you started making changes.

Some options or features on the Settings page may not be available to you depending on your subscription status.

General Tab Options

The following options are available from the General Tab on the 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, location, and court filters: Select whether you want location-related filters to be sorted By number of results or Alphabetically by default.
  • 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.
  • When displaying court filters, always list these first: Click the Add preferred courts link to select your three most used courts. These courts will be listed first in the associated Narrow By options in your results list. If you have already selected these courts, 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.
Use these options to specify the default Sort By option you prefer for Content Types you frequently view. Click Add content types to add types you want to define, or click the X next to already-listed content types to remove them.

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.

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 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.

Note: Once you click Save, your preferences are applied to any pages you view. If you have changed your default start page, you will see the new preference the next time you sign in to the product.

 

Nexis Tab Options

The following settings are only available when using the Nexis® product.

Allows you to specify what page you want   to open when you login. If available with your subscription, you can choose between the following options:

  • Home
  • Power Search
  • News
  • Companies
  • Market Insight
  • Biographies
  • Legal
  • Sources

These settings when checked, allow you to:

  • Include legal phrase equivalents with your search
  • Recognize and use legal entities when performing a search
Search Filters

Keep my search filters from search to the next: When checked, this option allows you to keep the selections checked below from one search session to the next.

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

  • Legal phrases
  • Suggested questions
  • Documents
  • Sources
  • Companies

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.

Peferred results set display

Select one of the following:

  • Standard- Only the top results will be listed
  • Expanded- All results will be listed

Tip: This setting applies to Natural Language searches only. It also determines the way your results are displayed by default; however, while you are viewing your results, you can switch between the two types of results by selecting either Fewer results or Expanded results.

Delivery Tray

Select one of the following:

  • Save documents in my tray until I clear it or sign out
  • Automatically clear my tray with each new search

Category Display

  • Case law (this does not apply in condensed view)

    Select one of the following:

    • 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

    Select one of the following:

    • 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.

Narrow Results

  • Apply filters for subcategories Select this option to automatically narrow your results by specific subcategories. If you don’t want these categories to be automatically narrowed, clear this checkbox.
  • Sort 'Browse Sources' filterSelect whether you want to sort all the filters on the Browse Sources page based on number of results (where sources with the highest number of results will be listed first) or alphabetically.
  • Show 'recently viewed' document icon (this will not apply to Public Records): Select if you'd like to see this icon () in your results list next to documents you have already viewed.
  • Hide the Dossier Snapshot (Hides a brief company overview in the document): Select if you do not want to see the Dossier Snapshot when viewing your search results.

 

Note: Once you click Save, your preferences are applied to any pages you view. If you have changed your default start page, you will see the new preference the next time you sign in to the product.