Introduction
The editor uses a Content Completion Assistant (CCA) to help you insert valid XML content. It offers a list of elements that are valid at your cursor’s location and will insert your selected element in the next correct place in the document.
How to insert an amendment/interstitial heading
Place cursor in the amendment/interstitial heading that you want to insert your new element after and click Enter
The system will present the CCA
Select the element you wish to insert next, using the down/up arrows or mouse and click Enter again
The selected element will be inserted in the next correct place.
How to insert an amendment using the keyboard shortcut
Place cursor in the amendment/interstitial heading that you want to insert your new element after and click Ctrl + Enter
The system will insert an amendment in the next correct place.
How to insert an amendment/interstitial heading using right-click menu in the Editor
Place cursor in the amendment/interstitial heading that you want to insert your new element after and right click on your mouse
The system will present a context menu
Select “Insert element…”
The system will present the CCA
How to insert an amendment/interstitial heading using the upper toolbar
Place cursor in the amendment/interstitial heading that you want to insert your new element after
Select Insert > Insert Element… from the dropdown menu in the upper toolbar
The system will present the CCA
How to delete an amendment/interstitial heading
Either select the appropriate amendment/interstitial heading using any of the following methods:
highlight the amendment and/or interstitial heading in the Editor
select the amendment/interstitial heading(s) from the structure view
Click on 'Amendment' or 'Interstitial heading' from the breadcrumb
Click 'delete' or 'backspace' key
The system will remove the selected amendments or interstitial headings from the list
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Hints and tips Amendments are not numbered when they are first inserted. Unique references are assigned once you first save a new amendment e.g. HoC1 To insert an amendment or interstitial heading before the first element in the list place your cursor in the first element in the list e.g. Proposer’s name. Use your left arrow to move the cursor through the different elements so that the breadcrumb shows “Draft List > List body”. Now you can click Enter to select the element you want to insert before the first element in the list. You can only insert new amendments in Lists of Draft Amendments (LoDAs), and they will default to status “Draft” Quoted structures (amending text) can be added to amendments in the same way they are inserted into bills – see “Inserting textual amendments (quoted structures)” If you are deleting the only instance of a draft amendment from a list, it will be removed completely. It is possible for the same amendment to appear on multiple Lists of Draft Amendments (LoDAs) - in which case, deleting one of these LoDAs will not remove that amendment from the system. Where appropriate, amendments will include placeholders for pertinent information e.g. Section/Clause number or Page/Line numbers. You can use tab to move into the next placeholder which can be useful particularly for 'page-line' type amendments. As soon as you type into a placeholder, it disappears and is replaced by text. |