When to indent quoted structure

By default, a quoted structure chooses where to insert your new structure in relation to a section. For example, if you are inserting a paragraph, it assumes you are inserting a paragraph that is in a section or subsection.

You will need to adjust the indent level if the quoted structure is:

• inserting a paragraph or sub-paragraph that is not at the default position,

Example

Inserting a new paragraph (c) into the definition of “health care” would require an indent of 1 (otherwise the alignment of the new paragraph would default farther to the left than required because Lawmaker assumes it is a paragraph belonging to the section (or subsection if there was one)).

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• inserting or amending text that is already in a quoted structure,

Example

This is a provision that has not yet commenced, or a section of your Bill that you are amending. If you wanted to insert a new paragraph between paragraphs (ac) and (ad), you would insert your quoted structure and set the indent to 1.

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Your indent level is set to “None” as default, but you can change it in the quoted structure properties (either when inserting the quoted structure.

You can do this after inserting the quoted structure by updating the quoted structure properties (right-click within the quoted text and select Update quoted text properties.))

Click here for more detailed information on cases where you may need to adjust the indent of a quoted structure.