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Login to Lawmaker as an OPC user

Overview of Lawmaker

Dashboard displayed (or last tab associated to the project you last viewed)

Top-right menu on the dashboard shows that I am logged in with my username

Able to see projects that have been created by OPC users

Able to see projects that have a published Bill or Act in them from other organisations

Unable to see projects created by other organisations that do not have a published Bill in them

Create a New Project

Select UK Public Bill > Government Bill

Creating a new project

A new project is created, visible only to users in the same organisation as the current user

It appears on the main Dashboard

Project tab opens for the new document

Editor opens in a new tab showing an empty template document

Check and edit document information for the bill using the Document Information panel in the Editor

Managing document information

Document information displays correctly

Able to edit: Title, Session, Year, Rubric

Details are changed or populated in the main editor pane after the change is made in the Doc Info panel

Manage members on a bill

Add a proposer and supporters to the Bill (using the manage members modal which is accessible from the Doc Info panel)

Proposer and supporters will be stored in the Bill

Add Back cover to the Bill

Inserting Scottish Bill and Act front and back covers

Back cover will be inserted at the end of the Bill in the Editor

And the back cover will show the Bill is being introduced by the proposer

And the back cover will show the Bill is being supported by the supporters

And the back cover will show the introduction date

Click on Body placeholder

Build-up the Bill Structure by creating: Parts, Chapters, Cross Headings, Sections, sub-sections, paragraphs.

Also, create some other elements (eg: definitions, lists)

CCA is displayed

Creates a realistic looking Bill

Structure view (left-hand side of the Editor window) is updated in line with new elements created in the Editor

Insert 2 schedules

The "SCHEDULES" heading will appear before the first schedule

If “Auto-renumbering” is OFF then schedules will not be renumbered 

If “Auto renumbering” is ON then schedules will not be renumbered (feels counter intuitive but is technically by design if not intention) 

Press Ctrl+S or click on the Save button

A progress bar appears and progresses to 100%

A message is displayed saying ‘Document Saved’

On the project tab, the version last modified is the same as the time it was saved

Renumber the whole Bill

Renumbering provisions

All provisions will be renumbered sequentially including all their descendants.

Add one or more J-Refs to Sections or Schedules

(v13) Managing J-refs

J-Refs are display in the Editor in Red

And the J-ref will be visible in the structure view

Create cross reference(s) to sections that contain J-refs.

Click Tag X-refs

(v13) Cross-references (x-refs)

You can toggle on and off to display the J-ref in cross-references (Tools > Show/hide J-refs in cross references)

Turn on Track Changes

Using tracked changes

Delete one or more elements / Insert element(s) and move element(s)

Inserted and deleted elements are display in the editor and blue (insert) or red (deleted)

Insert a Table of Contents

Inserting table of contents

Table of Contents is inserted at the start of the document

When I choose to insert a table of contents
Then a table of contents will appear in the Editor
And "Front cover" will appear in the structure view

Generate PDF

Generating and viewing a PDF

Ensure:

• Show tracked changes is ticked

• Select Side-lining

• Show J-Refs in margins

• Show J-Refs within cross references

• Deselect Record Snapshot

• Add Version Description (random text)

PDF is generated in separate tab

Table of Contents is included

Tracked changes are displayed in red for deleted text; blue for inserted text

J-Refs are shown in margins

J-Refs are shown with x-refs

No snapshot is visible on the Project tab

PDF Version is names as per the text entered.

Deleting a table of contents

Table is removed.

Close the Editor

Prompted to Save changes

Changes are saved

Duplicate a document

Documents and folders on the Project Tab

New folder created with a duplicated version inside it

Open a document version in the Editor

Use the fold button in the toolbar, then use the Structure View to expand a particular provision

Folding provisions

The Editor will jump to the selected provision, and unfold it

Create a new working version

A new working version is created which will appear on the 'Project' tab under the appropriate folder heading.

Clicking on it to open it in the Editor will reveal an empty new document, allowing you to start drafting

Edit Portion of a document

Opening and editing a portion of document

The selected subset of provisions is opened in the Editor

AND the section or schedule nums are locked or grouping level nums (for body only - not in schedules)

Close the Editor and Finalise the document

Finalising a document

Assuming you selected all options:

All provisions in the document, including provisions in quoted structures, are renumbered

All existing cross references in the document and update them accordingly - including those within quoted structures

If Insert Front Cover is selected: any existing front cover is replaced, including the Table of Contents

If you select Insert Table of Contents: any table of contents if there is one but will leave other parts of the front cover as they are.