Winning Research Skills - Westlaw

Chapter 9
Customizing the Result List
To customize the result list, complete the following steps:
1. Click Preferences at the top of any page.
2. Click Result List Display in the left frame.
3. If you want to show only a list of citations without a portion of text from each document in the list,
select Hide search terms in result list.
4. If you want the result list to include a portion of text from each document in the list (this is the default
setting), select Show search terms in result list. Then, for your Terms and Connectors search results,
use the drop-down lists in the right frame to select
■ the number of words that should be displayed before and after your search terms
■ the number of occurrences of your search terms that should be displayed
5. If desired, change the number of citations that are displayed in the result list or on the Result List tab
by using the Display up to ... citations at a time drop-down list.
6. Click Save Changes.
Page View
Most of the information you retrieve on Westlaw can be displayed in split-page view or full-page
view. In split-page view (Figure 9.2), the text of a document is displayed in the right frame, and
context-sensitive information tabs are displayed in the left frame. While in split-page view, click
the Full-Page View icon in the right frame (shown circled in Figure 9.2) to display the
information in full-page view.
Figure 9.2: Case in split-page view
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