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Lawmaker supports multi-user editing by locking fragments of the document to a specific user preventing other users making changes to the same fragment.  If no one else has a lock when you begins editing the begin editing a fragment inside a document, Lawmaker will lock the fragment to you, noting the date/time that the lock was acquired so that other drafters in the document can see through the tooltip in the Structure View. 

Info

Hints and tips

  • Locks are shown in the structure view using

padlock/pencil icons.  Newly

  • padlocks, pencils and asterisks. 

    • Asterisk - represent newly inserted provisions/amendments/interstitial headings which haven’t been manually saved yet

will be shown with an asterisk against them in the structure view (

    • and are only visible to the user who created them until they save their changes

). You can see who has a lock on fragments in the document by clicking on the padlock to show a tooltip containing the user’s name and date/time when they acquired their lock. 

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    • pencil - this indicates to the user editing the fragment that it has been locked to them

    • padlock - this is what other users see when you have a fragment locked.  

  • Hovering your mouse pointer over the lock icons will display a message informing you who has the lock and when this lock was acquired.

  • Additionally, you will be able to see if another user has a lock on the document as the text in the Editor will also be highlighted grey.

For bill/SI/SSI provisions

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