Introduction
It is possible to split a single provision into 2 siblings of the same type.
How to split a provision
- Place your cursor at the point in the text where you want to split your element and;
- using keyboard shortcut, click ALT + s
- from right-click context menu in Editor view, select Split element
- The selected provision will be split at the cursor point and a new sibling element inserted immediately after it containing the rest of the text after the cursor point.
Hints and tips
- Most elements in all document types containing text can be split.
- It is not possible to split elements with headings i.e. parts, chapters, cross headings, schedule parts, schedules, schedule chapters, sections, regulations, articles etc.
- You cannot split table cells or text in cells
- It’s not possible to merge elements yet. To do that you need to copy the text over and delete the remaining element.
- You cannot split an element if it has child elements e.g. you cannot a subsection that contains paragraphs.