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titleDetailed steps to remove a tag and re run tag references to fix a broken reference
  1. Double-click on the orange highlighted cross reference

  2. Select Remove tag button from the hover toolbar

  3. Type over the old cross reference, changing it to paragraph (a) or subsection (3)(a)

  4. Tag references again (click on the tag references button in the upper tool bar).

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✏️ Exercise 5: Use J-ref to number your provisions and include them in references

Sometimes during drafting it’s useful to use permanent references to sections or schedules so that you can easily refer to them when the document is in flux and their official provision number is not stable. The mechanism to do this is called J-refs.

Make the following updates to sections 6 and 7—

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Step 1: Insert

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J-refs

Add J-refs to sections 6 and 7 which can then be viewed in references

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titleDetailed steps to insert Jrefs
  1. With your cursor in section 6, insert a Jref J-ref by selecting Insert > Insert/Update J-ref or right clicking and selecting Insert/Update J-ref

  2. In the dialog box that appears, insert a unique reference

  3. Repeat for section 7

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titleDetailed steps to show J-refs inside cross references
  1. Toggle the view so that Jrefs J-refs are displayed in cross references by right-clicking and selecting Show/hide J-refs in references, or Tools > Show/hide J-refs in references

  2. The J-ref that you assigned to section 6 will appear in the cross reference within square brackets.

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  • If you don’t see a J-ref in a cross reference that shows the section/schedule number then it’s probably because you tagged the cross reference before assigning the section/schedule a jJ-ref. Simply remove the tag on the cross reference, retag it and the J-ref will appear.

  • Automatic tagging does not work inside quoted structures. It is still possible to create cross references to other provisions within a quoted structure or to other provisions in other quoted structures by using the manual method to create references.

  • Use Mark as Ignored if Lawmaker has incorrectly marked up a cross reference as part of automatic tagging. This will ensure the cross reference isn’t incorrectly marked up and additionally will ensure that Lawmaker doesn’t attempt to retag it if you were to do another tag reference in the same provision