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Introduction

The Editor uses the Content Completion Assistant (CCA) to help you insert provisions and other elements into your document. It ensures that what you insert is valid in terms of document structure and the underlying XML.

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The selected provision/element will be inserted in the next correct place, e.g. if your cursor is within a paragraph of a Regulation and you select “Regulation” from the CCA then a new Regulation will be inserted after the current Regulation.

When you insert a provision, default child elements within the provision like the number and heading are also inserted.

Your cursor will move into the provision that is inserted.

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  • The valid sibling of the provision your cursor is in is Subsection (1).

  • The valid children are: Paragraph (a), Definition, Step, Heading, Unnumbered Paragraph.

  • The valid siblings of ancestors of the provision are: Section, Cross heading, Part.

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Numbering of inserted provisions

See Numbering for more on how provisions are numbered when they are inserted.

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Schedule paragraphs will convert to schedule sub-paragraphs when you insert another schedule subparagraph after the schedule paragraph’s content

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(Bills only) Sections will default to having a subsection in them when first inserted.  You can use ‘promote’ (ALT + [) to promote it into section/content.

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Inserting elements in the preface

If you need to insert an element in the preface (e.g. to insert a ‘note’ at the top of a Bill e.g. for Money bill rubrics), the simplest way is as follows:

  1. Open the Preferences by selecting Document>Preferences… in the upper toolbar menu.

  2. Turn on block tags mode by selecting Block tags in the Tags display mode dropdown menu.  This will present XML tags in the Editor.

  3. Place your cursor within the Preface tags but not within any child elements inside the preface.

  4. Press Enter and select the element you want to insert (e.g. Note).

  5. Return the display mode to normal by selecting No Tags in the Preferences… dialogue box.

Automatic conversions and insertions

In some cases, when you insert a particular element, Lawmaker will automatically convert an existing element or insert an extra element to ensure the document remains correctly structured and formatted.

In particular:

  • When you insert a subsection into a section in a Bill (that isn’t currently divided), the existing content of the section will be converted into the first subsection of the section.

  • When you insert a paragraph into a Regulation or Article etc. into an SI/SSI (that isn’t currently divided), the existing content of the regulation etc. will be converted into the first paragraph.

  • When you insert a schedule subparagraph into a schedule paragraph (that isn’t currently divided), the existing content of the schedule paragraph will be converted into the first schedule subparagraph.

  • When you insert a second schedule into a UK Bill or an SI/SSI, a ‘SCHEDULES’ heading will be inserted before the first schedule.

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Hints and tips

  • If you insert a section into a Bill, it will contain a subsection by default.  Equally, if you insert a regulation or article into an SI it will contain a paragraph by default. If you want an undivided provision, you can use the promote function to remove the subsection/paragraph - see Promoting and demoting provisions.

  • To insert a provision before the first provision in the series, it is sometimes useful to ‘view block tags’ (from Document > Preferences… in the toolbar menu) and place the cursor before the starting tag of the first provision in the series.  From here you can use the CCA to insert the provision at the beginning of the series

  • (SI/SSIs only) When inserting a second schedule, the system will automatically insert the ‘SCHEDULES’ heading before the first Schedules. 

  • (SI/SSIs only) Regulation (or Articles etc.) text will convert to Sub-paragraph text if you insert a Sub-paragraph (1) after it or even before you have added any content.  And vice versa, when you delete the penultimate sub-paragraph, the remaining sub-paragraph will automatically convert into plain Regulation (or Article etc.) text.

  • The combined numbering format used by SI/SSIs will happen automatically when you insert your child provision into the parent e.g. inserting a sub-paragraph (i) into the first paragraph (a) – will become: (a)  (i)  sub-paragraph text here.

  • (UK Bills only) to insert a ‘note’ at the top of the bill e.g. for Money bill rubrics, place your cursor in the ‘preface’ element.  To do this either

  • Place cursor at the beginning of the Stage version rubric in blue writing at the top of the bill and use left arrow to move cursor through XML tags until it is in ‘Preface’ element (see the breadcrumbs to check)

  • Go to “Document > Preferences” in the upper toolbar menu and select “Block tags” in the dialogue box that appears.  This will present XML tags in the Editor View so that you can place your cursor directly after the “Preface” element

  • When you have your cursor in the Preface element, click ‘Enter’ and select ‘Note’ (don’t forget to return to ‘No tag’ view from ‘Document > Preferences’ when you have finished).

  • It is possible to insert a bullet lists list into your documents (bills & SIs).  If you right-click on the bullet point and select "Update List Style" you can change the bullet point to an em-dash list or no bullet point.

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