How do I tell if my manual is up to date?

Texas Bar Books Staff

The Texas Bar Books bookshop contains the latest edition of each title available. View any publication’s individual web page for details. New editions—If a new edition of a title has been published, the publication’s individual web page will reflect the latest edition. Digital downloads—Each digital download is updated whenever a new edition is published for the title’s corresponding hard copy. In addition, TexasBarBooks occasionally updates a title’s digital download between hard-copy editions. To ensure your digital download is fully up to date, review the update information on our blog. Online subscriptions—Each online subscription product is updated at least as frequently as the title’s corresponding hard copy or digital download.

How do I apply for a scholarship for Texas Bar Books publications?

Texas Bar Books Staff

The State Bar of Texas is committed to making high-quality legal publications accessible to all its members, across all income categories. Accordingly, scholarships are available that may be applied to the purchase of Online and digital versions of TexasBarBooks publications.* If you are a member of the State Bar in good standing and have requested fewer than three titles through the scholarship program in the last twelve months, you qualify. Download the form below and email to salesdesk@texasbar.com. *Materials ineligible for scholarship include titles in the Recommended Resources From Other Publishers section of our catalog page and our Quick Reference Guides.

What if nothing seems to download or install on my computer?

Texas Bar Books Staff

What should download? Online subscription: Although accessing the content of the manual online doesn’t require downloading any files to your computer, using its Word, PDF, and Excel forms in your practice does require downloading the desired individual forms in those formats. To download a form, click the Word, PDF, or Excel icon in the upper right-hand part of the desired form’s web page. Digital download: The digital download product must be downloaded after purchase and accessed on your local computer afterward. See how to download them here. Texas Bar Practice toolbar: Using the toolbar to more easily modify the online subscriptions’ and digital downloads’ Word forms requires downloading the toolbar and installing it on your local computer, if you haven’t already installed the toolbar for a different product. See how to install the toolbar here. Nothing seemed to download If you try to download the online subscription’s Word, PDF, or Excel files or the toolbar’s or digital downloads’ ZIP files and nothing seems to happen, it’s possible that the file did in fact download but your computer provided you with little or no notice of that fact. It’s also possible that your computer’s security settings are preventing the download. See …

How do I download the digital version of my manual?

Texas Bar Books Staff

To download the digital version of a manual, go to My Account and, under “Downloadables,” click the “Download” button that corresponds with the product. The product will download packaged in a zip file. To access all of the features of the digital download, you should extract the contents of that zip file (see how here). Moving the digital download where I want After extracting the contents of the zip file, you may copy or move the digital download’s product-named parent folder (for example, “Texas Collections Manual 2020”) and all of its contents to the desired location on your computer. The folder hierarchy and folder and file names within that parent folder, however, should not be altered, or cross-document links and other advanced features of the digital download could stop working. The Texas Bar Books toolbar Many digital downloads include Word forms designed to use the Texas Bar Books toolbar. These digital downloads will include a “Navigational Toolbar” subfolder inside the product’s “Forms” folder (for example, at C:\Texas Collections Manual 2020\Forms\Navigational Toolbar\). Unless the toolbar has already been installed on your computer for a previous product, the toolbar should be manually installed using the files inside that folder. Learn how to …