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# Amending works

There are five steps to amending a work:

1. [Creating the amending work](/managing-works/amending-works/creating-the-amending-work.md)
2. [Linking the amendment](/managing-works/amending-works/linking-the-amendment.md)
3. [Creating a new document at the new point in time](/managing-works/amending-works/creating-a-new-document-at-the-new-point-in-time.md)
4. [Applying the amendments](/managing-works/amending-works/applying-the-amendments.md)
5. [Annotating the amendments](/managing-works/amending-works/annotating-the-amendments.md).

See also the [Example](/managing-works/amending-works/example.md) and [Exercise](/managing-works/amending-works/exercise.md) for reference.