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Login as a SP user

Create a Scottish Bill project (Public Bill > Government Bill)

From the Actions menu next to the working version, click ‘Update Document Information’ and change version rubric to "As introduced"

From the Actions menu, generate a PDF of the working version and choose to ‘Record snapshot’

From the Actions menu, publish the PDF

Login as a PCO user

Navigate to the Scottish Bill project

Create a new list of draft amendments

Specify the "as introduced" version

Specify "stage 2"

Specify a list name

Select a Proposer

In the Editor, place your cursor in an amendment

Press Enter and select an amendment from the CCA

With the LoDA open in the Editor

Click the name above the amendment to open the ‘Manage Proposers and Supporters’ modal

Update the proposer and supporters for an amendment

Generate a PDF

In the Generate PDF modal, select to show D-numbers

From the 'Amendment Manager' tab, select the draft amendments you want to put 'On hold'

Click on the 'Amendment Action' drop-down menu at the top-right of the screen and select Set 'Draft' to 'On hold'

Amendments will be updated to 'On hold'

From the Amendment Manager tab

Select some of the amendments

From the Amendment Actions menu, select ‘Submit amendments’

From the Amendment Workspace tab

Create a new LoDA and draft some simple amendments

Save the list

Expand the Document Information panel on the right-hand side of the screen

Click the Submit List button

Login as a SP user

Navigate to the bill project

Go to the Amendment Manager tab

Select the submitted amendments

From the Amendment Actions menu, select ‘Create temporary list’

With the temporary list open in the Editor

Click inside the text of one of the amendments

Open the ‘Amendment status’ pane on the right-hand side of the screen

Click the Tabled button to update the status of the amendment

Click inside the text of a different amendment

Click the Rejected button to update the status of the amendment

Save the list

With the temporary list open in the Editor

From the Amendment Status pane on the right-hand side

Click the Bulk update Statuses button

Choose some amendments which are still just ‘Submitted’

Choose to transition them from submitted to Tabled

Click Update

Save the list

With the list open in the Editor

Place your cursor in the first amendment in the list and click on the Amendment Status panel on the right-hand side

Click on the 'Manage lifecycle events' link

The system will present a dialogue box listing all the recorded ‘events’ or statuses linked to the amendment.

Add, delete or update an event

When you have finished making the changes, click on the Update button

Save the list

From the Amendment Manager tab

Click the Amendment Actions menu and select ‘Create Official List’

Select ‘Bill version’ > As Introduced

Stage> Stage 2

Give the list a name

Pick today’s date as the cut-off date and pick a cut-off time slightly in the future

Click Create

From the Official Lists tab

Click the Actions menu next to your daily list

Select ‘Generate PDF’

Leave all default options and click Generate

From the Official Lists tab

Click the ‘Actions’ menu next to the PDF snapshot under your Daily list

Click ‘Publish version’

In the warning modal, click Publish

From the Amendment Workspace tab

Create a new LoDA and add some more amendments to it

Save the list

Use the Bulk update Statuses button to Submit and Table the amendments, saving the list after each status update

Close the list

From the Amendment Manager tab

Click the Amendment Actions menu and select ‘Create Official List’

Select ‘Bill version’ > As Introduced

Stage> Stage 2

Give the list a name

Pick today’s date as the cut-off date and pick a cut-off time slightly in the future

Click Create

From the Amendment Manager tab

Click the Amendment Actions menu and select ‘Create Official List’

Select ‘Bill version’ > As Introduced

Stage> Stage 2

Give the list a name

Pick today’s date as the cut-off date and pick a cut-off time in the past before you tabled the new amendments

Click Create

Open a LoDA from one of the previous steps

From the Insert toolbar menu, select ‘Inert Amendment Note’

Type some text into the placeholder and save the list

From the Amendment Workspace tab, create a new LoDA

Draft a new amendment to one of the amendments which appeared on a published Daily List, e.g.

As an amendment to amendment 2, line 10, leave out <some words>

Save, submit and table the amendment

From the Amendment Manager tab, create a new Daily List

From the Amendment Workspace tab, create a new LoDA

Draft a new amendment and save the list

Submit the amendment from the list

Use the buttons on the Amendment Information pane to Table the amendment

Save the list

Use the buttons on the Amendment Information pane to mark the amendment as ‘Withdrawn before debate’

Save and close the editor

From the Official Lists tab

Click Create

Choose ‘Marshalled’ from the list type drop-down

Bill version > ‘As Introduced’

Stage > ‘Stage 2’

Pick a list name and choose today’s date and time slightly in the future

Click Create

From the Document menu on the toolbar in the Editor

Select Generate PDF

Ensure ‘Record snapshot’ is ticked

Click Generate

From the Actions menu next to the PDF snapshot, select Publish version

In the warning modal, select Publish

On the Amendment Manager tab, select one or two amendments

From the ‘Amendment Actions’ menu, select ‘Create official list’

In the modal, select ‘manuscript list’ and Stage > Stage 2

Click Create

From on the Official Lists tab

Click Create List

In the modal, select ‘Groupings’ and give it a unique name and click Create

In the Editor, click on the Heading placeholder and enter some text

Click or press tab to go to the next placeholder and type some amendment numbers separated by commas (use some made-up amendment numbers as well as ones that have been generated previously on earlier official lists)

Repeat the above steps to create more headings and sets of numbers

Place your cursor in the heading “Amendments already debated” and click Enter and select ‘Group’

Click on the placeholder Heading and enter some text

Click or press tab to go to the next placeholder and type some numbers separated by commas

Repeat a couple of times

Place your cursor in a group of numbers, press Enter and select Timings.

Enter text in the timings placeholder

Right click on the editor (or click on the Insert menu in the toolbar) and select Populate Groupings List (you may need to scroll down to see this option if using the menu)

In the Editor, from the Document toolbar menu

Select Generate PDF

In the modal, ensure ‘Record snapshot’ is ticked

Click Generate

On the Official Lists tab, in the list of snapshots under the working version

Click the Actions menu next to the PDF snapshot created in the previous step

Select ‘Publish version’

From the Amendment Manager tab, use the filter to only show ‘Tabled’ amendments

Select some of these and click the ‘Amendment Actions’ menu

Choose ‘Create temporary list’

With the list open in the Editor, expand the Amendment Status pane on the right and click the Bulk update Statuses button

In the modal, choose ‘Tabled to Agreed to’

Save the list

Duplicate the Marshalled List and give it a unique name and select Create

Open the list in the Editor and Place your cursor at the point you want your first script box to appear after and press Enter to access the Insert menu (CCA)

Select “Script” and click Enter to insert it

Add appropriate text to the heading and text

Repeat elsewhere in the document. With your cursor in the script heading, select ‘heading’ from the breadcrumb and delete to leave only a text box with no grey header

Insert a script box before the first interstitial heading, move your cursor so that it is in ‘List Body’ (use block tag view or check the breadcrumb as you use the arrow key to move the cursor through the different levels of elements)

To add space between the paragraphs of text, use ‘non-breaking white space’ selectable from the ‘insert special character’ button in the upper tool bar