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Westlaw AU - Search Document

Westlaw AU provides the ability to search for keywords within a result document.  This is useful if you want to search quickly for an additional term in the current result document, but do not want to edit or conduct a Basic or Advanced search.

Step 1: Conduct a basic or advanced search in Westlaw AU.

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Step 2: Select a Document  from the Search Results.

Step 3: From the  Result Document enter a keyword or words into the Search box located in the top right corner of the page, then click the Search icon.

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Step 4: This will search ALL pages in the current document and highlight occurrences of the term.  Note your original search terms will also remain highlighted. Scroll to the end of the document and use the document navigation buttons ie 1,2,3 Next> or Last>> to locate hits of your keywords on subsequent pages.

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WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WESTLAW AU?

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Adam Weir
By Adam Weir
Senior Case Law Specialist

Adam Weir is Senior Case Law Specialist in the Cases Team at Thomson Reuters. Adam has been working at Thomson Reuters since 2008 as part of the team providing content for FirstPoint, New Westlaw, the Australian Law Journal Reports and the Australian Digest suite of products.

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