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Westlaw AU Tip - How to Create a Document Note

Westlaw AU enables you to annotate a document to maximise productivity and personalise your research.  You can choose to add Inline or Document notes as well as Highlight text within a document.

How to Create a Document Note
You can create a general note that applies to the overall document. Once you create a document note it will appear at the top of the document.

Step 1: From the document display page click the Add Note icon from the document toolbar.

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Step 2: Type your note into the Add note box.

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Step 3: Click the Add note button to save and display the note at the top of the document.

Note: You will see an Add this document to a folder message.  Click Yes to save to folder and No to continue.

Step 4: The Document Note will now appear as Note number (1) at the top of your current document. To add additional notes repeat steps 1-3.

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Note: All notes added to a document will be visible by default.  You can choose to hide a note by clicking the Hide Annotation icon located in the document toolbar.

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To learn more see the Annotations Quick Guide.

Janina Leuii
By Janina Leuii

Janina Leuii is the Director, Customer Training AEM. She has over 20+ years of Training & Product Management experience with Thomson Reuters Online Services. Janina heads up our highly motivated and experienced Training Specialist Team in Asia and Emerging Markets.

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