Introduction
The structure view provides an alternative way outline of viewing the provisions or amendments in your document and performing various actions. The structure view will allow users to . Within provisions or amendments, you can drill-down to the lowest lower level provisions from the highest level in the document including sub-sub-paragraphs as well as all provisions within quoted structures.
How to change from depth-limited view to full structure view
Click on the single down arrow to enable full structure view
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Click on the double down arrow to enable limited structure view
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The structure view also shows the lock status of individual provisions and amendments.
By clicking or right-clicking on an item in the structure view you can perform a variety of actions.
Controlling what you can see in the structure view
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A - Toggle between limited and full-depth structure view
Click on the toggle switch to turn on/off the structure view
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How to show/hide structure view
How to show the structure view – click on the right facing arrow on the left-hand side of the Editor view
How to hide the structure view – click on the left facing arrow on the right-hand side of the structure view
How to reset the structure view to default levels
Click on the ‘reset’ button at the top of the structure view
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The system will collapse/expand all elements to the default level depending on document type
Bills/SIs/SSIs = Table of Contents level
Amendment lists = Amendment number/instruction level
How to change the width of the structure view
Hover your mouse cursor over the right-hand side of the Structure View box until the double headed arrow appears
Hold down the left button on your mouse to move the structure view in or out to increase/decrease the overall width
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Hints and tips
The default structure view is set to “depth limited view” which drills down as far as:
For Bills – section level
For SI/SSIs – regulation/article/rule level
For Amendments – amendment instruction level
If you are experiencing performance issues with a larger bill, it can helpful to turn off the structure view and only open it if you need to do some structure manipulation
Hiding the structure view does not turn it off, you will need to use the on/off toggle at the top of the structure view.
You can also use the structure view to move provisions around – see Moving provisions or amendments (using the structure view)
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this to toggle between the two views:
Single arrow - limited depth where only individual sections/regulations/articles etc. are shown together with grouping levels such as Parts and Chapters. Schedules and the grouping levels within them are also shown.
Double arrow - full depth where every provision can be viewed including subsections and paragraphs and provisions within quoted structures.
B - Turn the structure view on and off
Clicking on this switch will turn off the structure view entirely (it can be turned back on any time). Switching off the structure should improve performance of the Editor when working with large documents.
C - Reset structure view
Click on the reset button at the top of the structure view to reset the levels that are shown.
For a Bill or SI, this means the structure view will show the same levels that are visible in the table of contents, e.g. Parts, Chapters, cross-headings, sections/regulations, schedules.
For an amendment list, it will show an entry for each amendment.
D - Toggle provision
Click on the arrow to the left of any provision to show or hide the child provisions within that provision, e..g to show the subsections within a section. What is visible will depend on whether the limited or full-depth structure view is showing.
E - Change width of structure view
You can drag this handle to increase or reduce the width of the structure view.
Clicking on the handle will minimise the structure view (not that minimising it doesn’t switch it off). Clicking on it again will expand it to its default width.
Using the structure view to navigate around your document
Clicking on any provision in the structure view will make the Editor jump to that provision and select it.
If you select a higher-level provision it will automatically select all its descendants
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The provision containing your cursor in the Editor will be highlighted with black text
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Selecting more than one provision
To select one or more provisions using the structure view
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hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on the provisions you want to select one by one.
The selected provisions will be highlighted in the structure view to show that they have been selected.
You can only select
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provisions which are next to one another and of the same kind.
Locking and the structure view
The structure view shows information about the lock status of individual provisions and amendments
If another user is editing the same document as you, a black padlock will appear against the provision(s) they are working on, signalling that
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the provisions are locked and you cannot edit them. Hovering the mouse over the padlock icons will reveal a tool tip explaining who has the lock and since when.
If you are editing the document, a pencil icon will appear against the provision(s)
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you have edited to indicate that you are editing them and have a lock on them
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Newly inserted provisions will be shown with a grey asterisk.
Hovering the mouse cursor over these lock icons will reveal a tool tip explaining who has the lock and since when.
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When you insert a new provision such as a section or regulation, an asterisk appears against it.
Right-click actions from the structure view
You can right click on a provision in the structure view
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to:
Copy an x-ref - see References
Wrap the provision (or provisions) - see Wrapping and unwrapping provisions
Cut or copy the provision - see Using cut, copy and paste
Convert it to a schedule or vice versa - see Converting provisions to a schedule and vice versa
Tag or update cross-references - see References
Show or hide j-refs - see Managing J-refs
Renumber provisions - see Renumbering provisions
Mark a provision as a money provision - see Marking 'money provisions'
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Moving provisions or amendments using the structure view
see Moving provisions, tables and amendments within a document