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Introduction

It is possible to split a single provision into 2 siblings of the same type. 

How to split a provision

Place your cursor at the point in the text where you want to split your element and;

  • using keyboard shortcut, click ALT + s 

  • from right-click context menu in Editor view, select Split element

The selected provision will be split at the cursor point and a new sibling element inserted immediately after it containing the rest of the text after the cursor point.

Hints and tips

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Hints and tips

Most elements in all document types containing text can be split. 

It is not possible to split elements with headings i.e. parts, chapters, cross headings, schedule parts, schedules, schedule chapters, sections, regulations, articles etc.

You cannot split table cells or text in cells

It’s not possible to merge elements yet.  To do that you need to copy the text over and delete the remaining element.

You cannot split an element if it has child elements e.g. you cannot a subsection that contains paragraphs.