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Frequently
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MYTexasBar
Sign In and Registration Help
Staff
Use of MYTexasBar
Page
Layout Help
Editing
Your Content
Search
Help
MYTexasBar
Features
Troubleshooting
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MYTexasBar
Sign In and Registration Help
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1.
How do I register?
Follow the instructions on the
MYTexasBar registration
page. Remember to enter the necessary information in the
fields highlighted in red and click on the register button
to
start personalizing your own MYTexasBar page.
2.
How do I sign in?
Enter the e-mail address and password
you chose when you
registered with MYTexasBar at the welcome page (http://www.mytexasbar.com)
and click on the Log In! button.
3.
What if I've forgotten my password?
If you're having trouble remembering
your password, MYTexasBar
will send it to you via e-mail at the e-mail address you use
for
your log in ID. You can click
here to receive your reminder.
4.
How do I change my Login ID or password?
From your personalized MYTexasBar page
click on the "Edit
Profile" link located in the upper or lower right
corner of
the page. Enter your new log in e-mail or password in the
appropriate fields and click on the DONE! button. Remember
that
when you change your e-mail address, you are also changing
your
login ID.
5.
How do I change my profile?
You can change any of the information
you entered when you
registered with MYTexasBar clicking on the "Edit
Profile" link located in the upper or lower right
corner of
your personalized page. Change or add any additional
information
you would like and then click on the
DONE! button.
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1.
How do I let my staff members create their own
MYTexasBar
page?
Members of the Texas Bar who have registered as
MYTexasBar
users can, in turn, afford any member of their staff use
of
their own MYTexasBar page, including the staff member's
own
online calendar and free online legal research. To do
so, give
the staff member the "Group Password" which
you set
when you registered or as described below in "How
do I
set or change my Group Password." The staff member
registers in the area titled "Start Here -
Authorized
Staff" of the MYTexasBar.com welcome page, using
their
own e-mail address and your Group Password. The staff
member
will then set their own personal password to be used
when
logging in to their personal page. You can add multiple
staff
members using the same Group Password.
Note: The Group Password is not the same thing as your
personal password. Do not give out your personal
password
unless you want to share your personal page and
everything it
contains, including your calendar.
2. What is a "Group
Password?"
A Group Password is a unique password set by a Bar
member upon
registration or thereafter and which can be shared with
a
staff member to enable a staff member to create and use
their
own personalized MYTexasBar page, including their own
online
calendar and free online legal research.
Note: The Group Password is not the same thing as your
personal password. Do not give out your personal
password
unless you want to share your personal page and
everything it
contains, including your calendar.
3. How do I set or change my
Group
Password?
If you wish to change your Group Password, or if you did
not
set a Group Password when you registered, you can change
or
set it by clicking on the "Edit Profile" link
located in the upper or lower right corner of your
personalized page. On the Change your Personal Profile
page,
look for the link that reads "Click here to change
your
group password" (just above "Legal
Interests")
and click that link. On the resulting page, set or
change your
Group Password, then click "Submit."
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Page
Layout Help
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1.
How do I change my page layout?
It's easy to move modules up and down
within a column. To move
a module, click the "Customize my Page" links
located at
the upper and lower right corners of your MYTexasBar page,
then
select the module you would like to move and click on the up
or
down arrows located to the right of the column item
list. You will
need to select the module each time you want to move
it. Don't
forget to update your page when you are finished. It
is not
currently possible to move left column modules to the right
column, or vice-versa,
SHORTCUT: You can quickly move a module to a particular
location
within its column by first deleting it (if it's already on
your
page) and then, within the "Right/Left Column
Order"
box, highlighting the name of the module immediately above
the
point where you would like to reposition the module. Then,
select
the module you seek to add/reposition in the "Add
Content" area and click the appropriate "Add
to"
button.
2.
How do I add modules to my page?
There are two ways to add modules to
your personalized page.
Using the drop down menus at the bottom of your page, select
the
item you would like from the appropriate column and click on
the
"Add" button.
You can also add modules to your page
by clicking on the
"Customize my Page" link located in the upper and
lower
right corners of your MYTexasBar page. Select the item you
would
like to add and click on the "add to left" or
"add
to right" button located above the item lists. Don't
forget
to update your page when you are finished. Within the
"Customize my Page " menu, you can also reposition
modules on the page.
3.
How do I remove modules from my page?
You can delete any content module
except the Bar Announcements
by simply clicking on the little "X" in the upper
right
corner of each module.
You can also remove modules from your page by clicking on
the
"Customize my Page" links located in the upper and
lower
right corners of your MYTexasBar page. Select the item you
would
like to remove and click on the "X" located to the
right
of each column list. Don't forget to update your page when
you are
finished.
4. I
attempted to edit the modules on my page, but after I made my
selections, I returned to my page and the it was the same as
before
editing. Why?
After you make your selections at
"Customize my Page," you must also click the
button that
says "Update my Page!" Merely hitting your
browser's "Back" button will cancel your
changes.
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1.
How do I edit the content in each module?
Many content modules can be customized
by topic and/or by
number of items displayed. The content of certain modules
can be
customized if the module has an "edit" button to
the
left of the little "x" in the upper right corner
of the
module. Clicking the "edit" button takes you to a
page
that permits you to change the content of that
module.
2. How
do I change the number of listings or headlines I've chosen
within
each topic?
Click on the "Edit" button
located in the upper right
corner of each module. Once on the editing page, select the
number
of listings or headlines you would like to see by clicking
on the
drop down menu located on the right side of the page. Don't
forget
to update your page when you are done.
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1.
How do I perform a search on the World Wide Web or FindLaw
from my
"Search the World Wide Web and
FindLaw" module?
You can search for any word or phrase
on the World Wide Web or
FindLaw by just typing the word or phrase into the query
form and
clicking the Search button.
For a more precise query, you can also
use Boolean operators (
AND , OR and NOT ) and the proximity operator ( NEAR
).
For example:
Searching for Stowers and demand
will bring back search
results where both terms are on the same page. (Note: You
may
also use an "&" in place of
"and" in
your search query.)
Searching for truth or justice will
bring back search results
where either term is on the page. (Note: You may also use
an
"|" in place of "or" in your search
query.)
Searching for securities and not
bonds will bring back search
results where securities but not bonds is on the
page. (Note:
You may also use an "& !" in place of
"but
not" in your search query.)
Searching for toxic near tort will
bring back search results
where the word toxic is within 50 words of tort in the
page.
(Note: You may also use an "~" in place of
"near" in your search query).
For more information on searching, click
here.
2.
How do I review my previous World Wide Web and FindLaw
searches?
The search module on your personalized
MYTexasBar page allows
you to review the results of previous searches you've
performed
using on your MYTexasBar "Search the World Wide Web and
FindLaw" module. Simply select the search you would
like to
review from the "Previous Search" and click on the
"Search" button located next to it.
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1.
How do I find out about any new features that have been added
to MYTexasBar?
Click on the What's
New link located at the top of your MYTexasBar page for
information regarding new features and all the other
offerings you
have to choose from when you customize your page.
2. Is the
online legal research really free, or do they hit you
with fees
later?
"Free" means you pay nothing
--zero,
zip, zilch. All materials in the Texas Collection are
completely and totally free for Texas lawyers and their
authorized staff members. The National Law Library is
the
company whose databases we have licensed for this
purpose.
Optionally, you may subscribe to NLL's other collections
(e.g.,
other states' and Federal decisions). It is a good
value
for those who need wider coverage than just Texas, but you
are
under no obligation to subscribe to anything and you
cannot
inadvertently run up any charges. Every other feature
of the
MYTexasBar portal is free as well.
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1.
During registration, when I've entered all the required
information
and clicked on the Done! button it takes me back to the log in
page.
What's wrong?
One reason this might be happening is
that you've disabled your
web browser to accept cookies. A cookie is a file sent to a
web
browser by a web server that is used to remember personal
information, such as your username, so you don't have to
re-enter
it each time you visit the site; or your preferences, so the
next
time you return to a site, you can be presented with
customized
information.
To enable cookies when using Internet
Explorer, you will need
to:
1. From the "Tools" menu
at the top of the browser
page select "Internet Options"
2. Select the
"Security" Tab at the top of the
pop-up box and click on "Custom
Level"
3. Scroll drown to
"Cookies" and click on
"Enable" - which will allow cookies to be stored
on
your computer
4. Click on the
"OK" button at the bottom of the
pop-up box which will close it
5. Click on the
"Apply" button at the bottom of the
Security pop-up box and then click "OK" -
Cookies will
now be accepted on your computer.
To enable cookies when using Netscape
Navigator, you will need
to:
1. From the "Edit" menu at
the top of the browser
page, select "Preferences"
2. Select the
"Advanced" category on the left hand
side of the pop-up box
3. The box will then display a
Cookies section - "Accept
All Cookies" and click on the "OK" button
at the
bottom of the box.
2. When I try
to log in, I get the message
"Login email address not
found. Please check it and try again
." What do
I do?
This error message occurs when you
have
incorrectly typed your e-mail address when attempting to
log in
or when you registered. It also occurs when you have
not
completed the registration
procedure.
If you've completed registration,
correctly typed your e-mail address and still get the
"Login email address not found" error message,
then
the e-mail you furnished at registration does not match
the
address you are using at login. If so, let us know
by
e-mail to mtbstaff@texasbar.com
and we will correct your registration error for
you.
3. I tried to
register
but it keeps telling me to check the last four digits of my
social
security number and try again. Tried again, same
thing.
What now?
Sometimes the Social Security Number
shown
in the Bar's records is wrong. Please e-mail us at mtbstaff@texasbar.com letting us
know your name, bar number and the correct last four digits
of
your SSN so that we can help you complete
registration.
However, to correct your Bar membership record, you will
need to
contact the State Bar of Texas Membership Department at
800-204-2222 or by e-mail.
4.
I tried to register but it
keeps telling me
"This Bar Number is already being used by another
member.
Please check your number and try again." Is someone
using my Bar Number?
Probably not. In every instance
where
a user has gotten this message to date, the person using the
bar number was the holder of the
bar number who had already registered
and was trying to register again using the same bar
number.
Please note that there are separate blanks for registration
and log in. Once you've registered, enter the
site
through the log in area on the LEFT side of the Welcome
Page.
If you have never registered to use MYTexasBar, e-mail us at
mtbstaff@texasbar.com letting us
know your name, bar number and the last four digits of
your SSN so that we can investigate and delete the erroneous
registration under your bar number.
5.
How do I make MY FindLaw my home page?
Using Internet Explorer:
1. From the "Tools" menu
select "Internet
Options"
2. Under the "General" tab
in the pop up box, enter
http://www.mytexasbar.com in the home page address
field
3. Click OK at the bottom of the
box
4. MYTexasBar will now automatically
load as your home page
Using Netscape Navigator:
1. From the "Edit" menu,
select
"Preferences"
2. Highlight the
"Navigator" option from the
categories located on the left hand side of the pop up
box
3. In the Home page section on the
right hand side, insert
http://www.mytexasbar.com in the location field
4. Click OK at the bottom of the
box
5. MYTexasBar will now automatically
load as your home page
6.
How do I remove myself as a registered user?
You can remove yourself from
MYTexasBar by sending an email
request to:
mtbstaff@texasbar.com
Please make sure that you indicate in
your email that you want
to be removed from MYTexasBar and include your log in
address. A
service representative will remove you once we receive this
information.
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