Setting out amendments after grant
You may find the best way of setting out your amendments is in a schedule. However in most cases if will be much easier for readers to appreciate changes if you use the features available in a word processing program as follows:
| Read down the first column to find the amendment you wish to make. Read across the row to find an explanation of the format that should be used to identify the amendment and how this can be achieved in Microsoft Word and WordPerfect. | |||
| Amendment | Format | Instructions Microsoft® Word | Instructions WordPerfect® |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delete text | Select the text to be formatted. From the Format menu, choose Font. Click in the Strikethrough tick box and click OK | Select the text to be formatted. From the Format menu, choose Font. Click in the Strikeout tick box and click on OK. | |
| New text | Bold (see below) |
Select the text to be formatted. From the View menu, choose Toolbars and Formatting. Click in the B button on the toolbar | Select the text to be formatted. From the View menu, choose Toolbars and put a tick in the Property bar tick box by clicking on it. Click on the B button on the toolbar |
| First amendments | Bold red text | Follow instructions for bold text. From the Format menu, click on Font. Click in the arrow on the Font colour button. Click on the colour you want for the text. | Follow instructions for bold text. From the Format menu, click on Font. Click on the Text colour button and click on the colour you want for the text |
| Second amendments | Bold dark blue text | See above | See above |
| Third amendments | Bold dark green text | See above | See above |
| Fourth amendments | Bold maroon text | See above | See above |
The courts have agreed this method of identifying amendments.