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.
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For bill/SI/SSI provisions
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If you are editing an existing section, regulation, article or schedulerule, the lock will only occur at the section/regulation /article etc level. or schedule level, allowing many drafters to edit separate sections/regulations/articles etc. and schedules provisions at the same time in the same document. If you are editing a schedule, the same applies but the lock will occur at the schedule level or, if the schedule is divided into Parts, Chapters, or cross-headings, at that level.
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Schedules created before version 17 was released (August 2024) will not be fragmented to the grouping level - they will remain as single fragments that can only be edited and locked at that level. However, as soon as the document containing the schedules is saved again, all schedules in the document will be fragmented at the grouping level. |
For amendments
The lock will be at the amendment level or the amendment list level if you are editing a List of Draft Amendments (LoDA), Daily List, Marshalled List (including manuscript amendments and scripted marshalled list etc) and Grouping List.
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