Version 16 of Lawmaker introduces some new features, updates the look and feel of the Editor and includes some bug fixes.
New features and improvements
Large print PDFs
There is now an option when generating a PDF of a document (e.g. Bill, SI, amendment list) to produce a large print version. That will produce a PDF where all the text is 20pt Arial to aid readability. This is a general features designed to work across all document types but there may still be some edge cases where the output isn’t perfect (e.g. numbers may overlap with text in certain circumstances) and we’ll be improving this feature in future versions based on additional feedback.
See Generating and viewing a PDF .
Generation of PDFs and publishing documents in the background
Rather than having to wait until the operation is complete, you can now continue to work when doing the following:
Generating a PDF (from the Project tab or within the Editor)
Publishing a document
Importing a document from legislation.gov.uk
When the operation is finished, you’ll see a notification pop up at the bottom of the screen. In the case of PDFs, you can click on the notification to open the PDF.
New version of Oxygen Web Author
The Editor in Lawmaker is now based on Oxygen Web Author version 25.1.
This brings a number of minor improvements and fixes but also changes the look and feel of some aspects of the Editor. Specific things to note:
the design of the panels at the right hand side (e.g. Document Checks and Document Information) has changed so icons are used instead of names.
Find and replace (ctrl+F) now appears as a panel on the right hand side rather than as a dialog box. makes it easier to see both the search panel and the document with results highlighted. Moreover, it makes it possible to see all search results at a glance without having to scroll through the document.
A Tags Display Mode switcher was added directly in the breadcrumb bar to make it easier to change the amount of Tags that are displayed when exploring the document structure.
Upgrading the version of Oxygen also resolves some security flaws present in earlier versions.