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PDFs can be generated at any time for all documents in Lawmaker. You can generate them from the Editor or from a document on the Project Tab, Amendment Workspace Tab or the Official Lists Tab.

When you generate or view a PDF it will open in a separate tab or window in your browser.

Info

If the PDF isn’t appearing in a new tab or window, check that you have pop-ups enabled for Lawmaker (clicking on the padlock to the left of the URL in the browser address bar will give you quick access to adjust these settings).

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How to generate a PDF

  1. From the Editor: select Document menu> Generate PDF from the upper tool bar. The PDF will be based on the document in the Editor, including any changes you have made but not saved.

  2. From outside the Editor: Select Actions menu> Generate PDF on the document working version or snapshot you want to generate a PDF from. The PDF will be based on the last saved version of the document (or the specific snapshot).

  3. Select your preferred settings and then click Generate.

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PDF generation settings

There are a number of different setting you can select to control what is generated. Some options are only available for certain document types.

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Pages/provisions to include

By default all provisions in a document (or all amendments in an amendment list) are included in the PDF.

But you can select a subset using this dropdown. You can select any combination of provisions/amendments. They don’t need to be next to one another or of the same type. For example you can select a Part of a Bill (which will include all the sections in a Part) and some individual sections elsewhere in the Bill.

Tracked changes

These settings relate to if and how tracked changes in the document are rendered in the PDF.

  • Show tracked changes: all tracked changes will be visible in the PDF.

  • Show changes applied: in this case the PDF will show as if all the changes had been accepted.

  • Include side-lining: if this option is selected, side-lining will be included in the margin to indicate where changes have been made to the text.

Print and publishing artefacts

Include line numbering

If selected,

shows

the PDF will show line numbering in the margin of each page. Every 5th line is numbered.

Only Bills have line numbering throughout the whole documentUse this to include a custom note in the footer of each page. The note can be up to 2 lines of text

This feature is only available for Bills. Line numbering shows on the left for Scottish Bills and on the right for UK Bills.

Footers

Footer note

If selected, the PDF will include appropriate footers drawn from the document metadata, e.g. the Session and Bill number.

Page numbers

Includes page numbers (List of Draft Amendments only). Other documents like Bills, Acts and SIs have page numbers by default.

Generate as House Bill

If selected, the PDF will be generated as a House Bill with the appropriate covers. See [How to generate a House Bill].

Footer note

Use this option to include a custom note in the footer of each page. The note can be up to 2 lines of text.

Extras

These extra features can only be included in the PDF if line numbering is turned off.

Show J numbers in margin (Bills and SI/SSIs only)

Show Jrefs in cross-references

Show amendment D-numbers against inline amendments

Show review comments

Includes any comments that have been added to the document in the Editor

Show D Numbers

(Amendments only - displays

Displays the unique number e.g. HoC1)

Document version

  1. The option to record a snapshot version (available for working versions and snapshot document versions only)

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Click on the Generate button

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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

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When you generate a PDF from a working version or an existing snapshot, this option enables you to save a snapshot version containing the PDF you generated and the corresponding XML document.

This can be useful so you can:

  • view the same PDF again at a later date without regenerating it,

  • generate another PDF of the same document but with different settings,

  • generate a new working version from PDF version to edit further,

  • publish the document (only PDF snapshots can be published - see Publishing a Bill document version)

You can provide a name for the snapshot or leave the box empty and it will be saved with the default name “PDF”.

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How to view a PDF

  1. On the Project Tab, Select Actions > View PDF on the selected document version

  2. The stored PDF will be presented in another browser tab