Troubleshooting

Help on a range of specific issues that have cropped up in practice. Also includes notes on known issues with the current version of Lawmaker.

Getting help

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Troubleshooting guides

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Converting subsection into section content and vice versa

Deleting content has deleted more than I intended

Amendment sorted in wrong location in an official list

Phantom locks on a fragment

How to add multiple quoted structures to one provision

How to use locked nums in UK amendments

[Lords] Amendment to Amendments not appearing in correct location for new clause/schedule amendments

[Lords] How to remove numbers from more than one Lords amendment

[Lords] Wrong number or “#” assigned to amendments in a Marshalled List

How do I update the long title in a Bill or Act?

LegHub is not showing amendments that have been withdrawn

LegHub is not showing amendments on my published list

How to create high resolution images of forms etc. from Word to insert into Lawmaker

Publishing bills even when no amendments were applied at a particular stage

PDF contains large white spaces on the page

How to insert a preamble into a public bill

Lawmaker reporting that you already have the document open in another tab (but you haven't)

[OPC and Lords] How to create a Lords ping pong amendment to amendment

Error: Couldn't find provision XXX in the published bill

[Lords] How to make an amendment re-appear on a subsequent daily sheet

[Lords] Change a page-line amendment to a new clause/new schedule amendment

How do I format text to appear in smallcaps or dropCap

[Commons/Lords] Cannot update an amendment after Consolidated List has been published

Known issues

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