# Laws.Africa Editor Guide ## English - [Welcome](https://docs.laws.africa/master.md) - [Lesson plan](https://docs.laws.africa/getting-started/lesson-plan.md) - [Signing up](https://docs.laws.africa/getting-started/signing-up.md) - [Digitising legislation](https://docs.laws.africa/getting-started/digitising-legislation.md): How Laws.Africa digitises African legislation for public use. - [What is Akoma Ntoso](https://docs.laws.africa/getting-started/what-is-akoma-ntoso.md): Akoma Ntoso is an XML language for marking up legislative documents. - [Terminology guide](https://docs.laws.africa/getting-started/terminology-guide.md): A guide to the terms used on the platform. - [Cleaning up an import](https://docs.laws.africa/editors/cleaning-up-an-import.md) - [Resolving editor warnings](https://docs.laws.africa/editors/editor-warnings.md) - [Reviewing a document](https://docs.laws.africa/editors/introduction.md) - [Reviewer checklist](https://docs.laws.africa/editors/reviewer-checklist.md): For straightforward Acts - [Signing off a work](https://docs.laws.africa/editors/signing-off-a-work.md) - [Unconstitutional provisions](https://docs.laws.africa/editors/unconstitutional-provisions.md) - [When the document isn't ready](https://docs.laws.africa/editors/unconstitutional-provisions/when-the-document-isnt-ready.md) - [Tasks](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/tasks.md) - [Documents and document settings](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/documents-and-document-settings.md) - [How to handle non-English documents](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/documents-and-document-settings/how-to-handle-non-english-documents.md) - [Importing a document](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/documents-and-document-settings/importing-a-document.md) - [The importer](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/documents-and-document-settings/importing-a-document/the-importer.md): This page describes how the importer is expected to work. - [Going back to a previous version of a document](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/documents-and-document-settings/going-back-to-a-previous-version-of-a-document.md) - [Changing a document's date](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/documents-and-document-settings/change-a-documents-date.md) - [Changing a document's short title or language](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/documents-and-document-settings/changing-a-documents-short-title-or-language.md) - [Deleting a document](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/documents-and-document-settings/deleting-a-document.md) - [Document elements](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/document-elements.md) - [Inserting an image](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/document-elements/images.md) - [Inserting special characters](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/document-elements/special-characters.md) - [Making comments](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/document-elements/making-comments.md) - [Inserting editorial notes](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/document-elements/inserting-editorial-notes.md) - [Mark-up](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/mark-up.md) - [Fixing all-caps headings](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/mark-up/fix-all-caps-headings.md) - [Working with tables](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/mark-up/tables.md) - [Table errors](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/mark-up/tables/table-errors.md) - [Working with links](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/mark-up/work-with-links.md) - [Working with italicised terms](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/mark-up/italicised-terms.md) - [How to mark up defined terms outside the Definitions section](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/how-to-mark-up-defined-terms-outside-the-definitions-section.md) - [Search and rescue](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/search-and-rescue.md) - [Amended amendments](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/amended-amendments.md): “Amended amendments” refer to correction to an amendment. In other words, an amendment that has already altered an original document is further modified by a later amendment. - [Very complicated amendments](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/very-complicated-amendments.md) - [Research](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/very-complicated-amendments/research.md) - [Undo some amendments?](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/very-complicated-amendments/undo-some-amendments.md) - [Update the timeline](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/very-complicated-amendments/update-the-timeline.md) - [Create the tasks](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/very-complicated-amendments/create-the-tasks.md) - [Apply the amendments](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/very-complicated-amendments/apply-the-amendments.md) - [Bulk operations](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/bulk-operations.md) - [Works](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/bulk-operations/works.md) - [Update selected works](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/bulk-operations/works/update-selected-works.md) - [Approve or unapprove selected works](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/bulk-operations/works/approve-or-unapprove-selected-works.md) - [Link references for selected works](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/bulk-operations/works/link-references-for-selected-works.md) - [Sign off selected works](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/bulk-operations/works/sign-off-selected-works.md) - [Tasks](https://docs.laws.africa/how-tos/bulk-operations/tasks.md) - [Creating and editing works](https://docs.laws.africa/managing-works/creating-and-editing-works.md) - [Working with commencements](https://docs.laws.africa/managing-works/creating-and-editing-works/working-with-commencements.md) - [Amending works](https://docs.laws.africa/managing-works/amending-works.md) - [Creating the amending work](https://docs.laws.africa/managing-works/amending-works/creating-the-amending-work.md) - [Linking the amendment](https://docs.laws.africa/managing-works/amending-works/linking-the-amendment.md) - [Creating a new document at the new point in time](https://docs.laws.africa/managing-works/amending-works/creating-a-new-document-at-the-new-point-in-time.md) - [Applying the amendments](https://docs.laws.africa/managing-works/amending-works/applying-the-amendments.md) - [Annotating the amendments](https://docs.laws.africa/managing-works/amending-works/annotating-the-amendments.md) - [Consolidating the annotations](https://docs.laws.africa/managing-works/amending-works/annotating-the-amendments/consolidating-the-annotations.md) - [Simple example](https://docs.laws.africa/managing-works/amending-works/annotating-the-amendments/consolidating-the-annotations/example-1.md) - [Complicated example](https://docs.laws.africa/managing-works/amending-works/annotating-the-amendments/consolidating-the-annotations/complicated-example.md) - [Example](https://docs.laws.africa/managing-works/amending-works/example.md) - [Exercise](https://docs.laws.africa/managing-works/amending-works/exercise.md) - [Bulk imports (spreadsheet)](https://docs.laws.africa/managing-works/bulk-imports-spreadsheet.md) - [Introduction](https://docs.laws.africa/markup-guide/intro.md) - [Marking up the structure](https://docs.laws.africa/markup-guide/marking-up-the-structure.md) - [Preface, Long title, and Preamble](https://docs.laws.africa/markup-guide/preface-and-preamble.md): Marking up content before the body of a work. - [Headings](https://docs.laws.africa/markup-guide/headings.md) - [Marking up Schedules / Annexes](https://docs.laws.africa/markup-guide/marking-up-schedules-annexes.md) - [Marking up annotations](https://docs.laws.africa/markup-guide/marking-up-annotations.md) - [Marking up tables](https://docs.laws.africa/markup-guide/marking-up-tables.md) - [Marking up links](https://docs.laws.africa/markup-guide/marking-up-links.md) - [Marking up images](https://docs.laws.africa/markup-guide/marking-up-images.md) - [Marking up footnotes](https://docs.laws.africa/markup-guide/marking-up-footnotes.md) - [Marking up formatting](https://docs.laws.africa/markup-guide/marking-up-formatting.md) - [Marking up insertions and deletions](https://docs.laws.africa/markup-guide/marking-up-insertions-and-deletions.md): Showing the changes that have been made when one principal work amends another. - [Keyword reference](https://docs.laws.africa/markup-guide/keyword-reference.md) - [Laws.Africa](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/laws.africa.md): Style points that apply to all our projects - [Côte d'Ivoire](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/cote-divoire.md) - [Senegal](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/senegal.md) - [Ghana](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/ghana.md) - [Namibia](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/namibia.md): Style guide for importing Acts and Regulations in Namibia. - [Regulations](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/namibia/regulations.md) - [Lesotho](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/lesotho.md): Special instructions for cleaning up Lesotho imports - [Malawi](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/malawi.md): Special instructions for cleaning up Malawi imports - [Nigeria](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/nigeria.md): Style guide for importing and marking up legislation for Nigeria. - [Zambia](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/zambia.md) - [South African Acts](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/south-african-acts.md): Style guide for South African Acts, both national and provincial. - [South African By-laws](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/south-african-by-laws.md): Style guide for municipal By-laws in South Africa. - [Tanzania](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/tanzania.md) - [Uganda](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/uganda.md) - [UNEP](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/unep.md) - [Zimbabwe](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/zimbabwe.md): Special instructions for cleaning up Zimbabwe imports - [Seychelles](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/seychelles.md) - [Mauritius](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/mauritius.md) - [Pan-African Parliament/ AGP](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/pan-african-parliament-agp.md): Style guide for the Pan-African Parliament and AGP projects. - [Turks and Caicos](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/turks-and-caicos.md) - [Papua New Guinea](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/papua-new-guinea.md) - [eSwatini](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/eswatini.md) - [Rwanda](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/rwanda.md) - [Documents in languages other than English](https://docs.laws.africa/style-guides/documents-in-languages-other-than-english.md) - [Site settings](https://docs.laws.africa/administration/site-settings.md): Settings for the Laws.Africa platform. - [Managing administrators](https://docs.laws.africa/administration/managing-administrators.md): Adding and viewing users who can use the admin interface. - [Countries and localities](https://docs.laws.africa/administration/countries-and-localities.md): Manage the countries and localities for the platform. - [Document subtypes](https://docs.laws.africa/administration/document-subtypes.md): Manage the document subtypes available on the platform. - [Task labels](https://docs.laws.africa/administration/task-labels.md): Manage the task labels users can attached to tasks. - [Taxonomies](https://docs.laws.africa/administration/taxonomies.md): Manage the taxonomies used to group works into collections. - 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