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This module will explain how to insert, modify and delete provisions into in your document, with some exercises to allow you to practice this and find out about some useful shortcuts built into the Editor to help make drafting easier.

🎞️ Watch the Demo

Watch the demo to see how provisions are inserted into documents in Lawmaker

[Insert video link here]

Start with an empty document open in the Editor

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📘 Introduction

[Basic introduction video]

https://lawmaker.atlassian.net/wiki/x/gIIK

📚 Exercises

✏️ Insert basic provisions

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Learning

Key learning points

  • Placeholders

These

  • are the grey highlighted elements e.g. “Heading” or “Text” that you type into.

  • Em-dashes

To insert an em-dash type

  • can be inserted by the keyboard shortcut of typing dash twice “--”

and this

  • which will auto-convert them into an em-dash “—”

Recreate the following provision—

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Starting point

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Instructions

  1. Place your cursor in the empty body placeholder element

  2. Click Enter on your keyboard to view the insert menu

  3. Click Enter again to insert the default element at the top of the insert menu—

    1. For Bills, this will be a Section.

    2. When you insert a Section, Lawmaker will automatically include a subsection by default

  4. Type Interpretation into the Heading placeholder

  5. Use tab on your keyboard or click using the mouse to move the cursor into the ‘Text’ placeholder for the subsection and start typing the content of the first subsection.type In this Act—

  6. To insert the definitions, click Enter and use the arrow keys on your keyboard or click using the mouse to select Definition from the insert menu, clicking Enter to insert it—

    1. A definition will be inserted, made up of 2 placeholders—

      1. a “Defined term” placeholder within quote marks surrounding it; and

      2. a ‘Text’ placeholder for the meaning.

    2. Add the first defined term and meaning and insert Type “the Department” means the Department for Communities; into the first definition

    3. Insert the second definition by clicking Enter again and repeating the process

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    1. type “the emergency period” has the meaning given by section 1(2).

Expected outcome

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Video recording

[Insert link to video recording completing this exercise]

✏️ Insert a provision at the start

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Insert location for provisions

  • Where provisions are inserted: Lawmaker will insert your

selected

  • chosen provision in the next valid

location

  • position after your cursor location. This is useful to know when you want to add a provision at the start of a series of provisions.

  • Breadcrumb

At

  • isat the bottom of the Editor view

is a breadcrumb showing

  • and shows you exactly where you cursor is placed in the Editor. If you have your cursor in the heading of the section for example, the breadcrumb will read—

  • Bill > body > Section > Heading

Recreate the following—

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Starting point

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Instructions

  1. Place your cursor in the section num “1.”

  2. The breadcrumb will read Bill > body > Section > Num

  3. Use your right arrow key to move your cursor until the breadcrumb changes to Bill > body > Section

  4. Click Enter to view the insert menu

  5. Select Subsection (1) and click Enter again to insert

  6. The subsection will be inserted before your existing subsection

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Expected outcome

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Video recording

[Insert link to video recording completing this exercise]

✏️ Delete a provision using the breadcrumb

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Recreate the following—

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Starting point

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Instructions

  1. Remove the newly inserted subsection by placing your cursor in the empty Text placeholder

  2. The breadcrumb should say Bill > body > Section > Subsection > Content > Text

  3. Use your mouse to select Subsection from the breadcrumb

    1. The whole subsection (num and text) will be highlighted

  4. Delete it using backspace or Delete on your keyboard or right-click with your cursor on the Subsection breadcrumb and select Delete Element

    1. The subsection will be safely deleted

  5. To undo this deletion, select the Undo buttonimage-20250210-161547.pngin the upper tool bar or use the keyboard short cut CTRL + Z

  6. To redo the deletion, select the Redo button image-20250210-161627.png in the upper tool bar or use the keyboard short cut CTRL + Y

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Expected outcome

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Video recording

[Insert link to video recording completing this exercise]

✏️ Converting a subsection to section content and vice versa

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Learning points

Insert location for provisions

Lawmaker will insert your selected provision in the next valid location after your cursor location. This is useful to know when you want to add a provision at the start of a series of provisions.

Breadcrumb

At the bottom of the Editor view is a breadcrumb showing you exactly where you cursor is placed in the Editor. If you have your cursor in the heading of the section, the breadcrumb will read—

Bill > body > Section > Heading

Recreate the following—

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Key learning points

Converting subsection into section content using the promote feature.

Auto-converting section content into a subsection when a second subsection is inserted.

Starting point

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Instructions

  1. Place your cursor in the remaining subsection

  2. Promote it to become section content using any of the following options—

    1. Right-click and select Promote element,

    2. Select Tools > Promote element,

    3. Keyboard shortcut ALT+[

  3. The subsection will turn into an unnumbered section content element.

📘 Converting section content to a subsection

Recreate the following

  1. —

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  1. Place your cursor anywhere in the last definition and click Enter to view the insert menu

  2. Use the down arrow key on your keyboard or click using the mouse to select Subsection from the insert menu, clicking Enter to insert it—

    1. A subsection is inserted after your cursor location (after the last definition)

    2. The section content will auto-convert to subsection (1)

  3. Type in the content of the second subsection.

Expected outcome

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Video recording

[Insert link to video recording completing this exercise]

✏️ Promoting/demoting provisions

Starting point

Instructions

Expected outcome

Video recording

[Insert link to video recording completing this exercise]

✏️ Converting section content to a subsection

Starting point

Instructions

Expected outcome

Video recording

[Insert link to video recording completing this exercise]

✏️ Grouping levels and wrapping/unwrapping provisions

Starting point

Instructions

Expected outcome

Video recording

[Insert link to video recording completing this exercise]

✏️ Converting a section to a schedule and vice versa

Starting point

Instructions

Expected outcome

Video recording

[Insert link to video recording completing this exercise]