Version 17 includes several improvements to Lawmaker’s referencing tools which extend the x-ref functionality already present in earlier versions of the application. These enhancements should help to improve the quality of references created in Bills and SIs, while also making it easier for Lawmaker users to manage and update the references in their document.
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External references now show in blue in the Editor.
Internal references now show in purple in the Editor.
There are some other smaller presentational changes to references in the Editor. If an x-ref tag already exists in a document and the target of this reference is changed as a result of the automatic “Tag references” function, the changed reference will be shown in brown. There will also be a corresponding document check warning reminding you to check this reference, because its target (i.e. the thing it links to, either within the current document or on legislation.gov.uk) has changed as a result of the automatic tagging operation.
This scenario won’t happen to many x-refs in practice and will only happen if you use the “Tag references” function to re-tag provisions that have changed substantially. The dark red highlighting brown colouring and corresponding document check have been added to help drafters avoid creating inaccurate references when drafting and re-drafting provisions in their document while repeatedly re-running the automatic tagging feature.
The other important visual change is to the appearance of x-refs which you have manually edited using the new Edit reference modal (see https://lawmaker.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/USERMANUAL/pages/500203522/References#How-to-edit-references ). Whenever you change the text or target of a reference using the new modal, it will appear with double-underlining in the Editor. This is a visual aid to help highlight those references which have been manually adjusted.
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