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Introduction

PDFs can be generated at any time for bills and SI/SSIs or the ‘Draft Amendments’ tab for Lists of Draft Amendments.  They can be generated from the ‘Project’ tab or from the Editor

How to generate a PDF

1. Either:
1. From the ‘Project’ tab - Select Generate PDF from the drop-down menu on the document/list you want to generate a PDF from, or
2. From the Editor - select “Document > Generate PDF” from the upper tool bar menu options
2. Select your preferred settings from the modal:
1. Pages/provisions/Amendments to include
1. All provisions/amendments, or
2. Select one or more non-contiguous provisions/amendments
2. Track changes
1. Show tracked changes or show changes applied
2. Include side-lining
3. Footers
1. Insert footers
2. Optionally include a footer note which can be up to 2 lines of text
3. Optionally include page numbers (List of Draft Amendments only)
4. Extras
1. Include line numbering (Bills only)
2. Show J numbers in margin (Bills and SI/SSIs only)
3. Show D Numbers (Amendments only - displays the unique number e.g. HoC1)
5. Document version
1. The option to record a snapshot version (available for working versions and snapshot document versions only)
3. Click on the Generate button
4. The system will generate a PDF based on your supplied preferences and present it in a new browser tab

How to view a PDF (‘Project’ tab only)

1. Select View PDF from the drop-down menu on the selected document version
2. The stored PDF will be presented in another browser tab

Hints and tips

• If the PDF isn’t appearing in a new tab, check that you have pop-ups enabled for Lawmaker (click on the padlock to the left of the URL in the browser address bar will give you quick access to adjust these settings)
• Footer notes will appear on every page of your document

‘Project’ tab only

• If you generate a PDF from the ‘Project’ tab, it will present the saved changes only – if you were working on changes in the Editor and hadn’t saved them yet, they will not be visible in the generated PDF.
• If you generate a PDF from the working version or the snapshot version, you will have the option to create a snapshot version which will store the PDF you generated to view again at a later date – as well as the corresponding XML should you want to generate another PDF with different options selected

Editor only

• If you generate a PDF from the Editor, it will present what you’ve got in the Editor view – including changes that you haven’t saved.

Bills and Amendments only

• You can only publish a document version when a PDF has been created.  PDF snapshot versions will have the additional option to ‘publish’ if you are a Parliament user.