ATS Authoring guides

ATS Authoring enables planning authorities to draft, amend and publish ordinances to their planning schemes.

This section has step by step guides on how to edit provisions, review comments, refresh content and interim publish in ATS Authoring.

Note: the videos on this tab do not have sound. Our ATS Learning videos do have sound and can be used to gain a more detailed understanding of ATS.  Please note that videos where ATS Authoring (Keystone) is used will show an older version of the software however functionality remains the same.

Editing provisions

How to place content in edit mode

View a video on how to place content in edit mode

Note this video does not have sound and will show an older version of the software however functionality remains the same.

How to adjust editor settings

View a video on how to adjust editor settings

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How to insert a page break

View a video on how to insert a page break

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How to insert a table

View a video on how to insert a table

Note this video does not have sound and will show an older version of the software however functionality remains the same.

How to insert an image

View a video on how to insert an image

Note this video does not have sound and will show an older version of the software however functionality remains the same.

How to replace an image

View a video on how to replace an image

Note this video does not have sound and will show an older version of the software however functionality remains the same.

How to move and delete a paragraph

View a video on how to move and delete a paragraph

Note this video does not have sound and will show an older version of the software however functionality remains the same.

How to copy a table from Word, insert it and apply a table style

View a video on how to copy a table from Word, insert it and apply a table style

Note this video does not have sound and will show an older version of the software however functionality remains the same.

How to apply landscape to content

View a video on how to apply landscape to content

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How to adjust the content add paragraphs and bullets

View a video on how to adjust the content add paragraphs and bullets

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Review and add comments

How to review content and add comments

View a video on how to review content and add comments

Note this video does not have sound and will show an older version of the software however functionality remains the same.

How to view saved versions, track changes and merge

The guide 'View saved versions, track changes and merge' shows how users can access the saved versions, show differences, view tracked changes on screen and choose to merge changes into content.

How to publish a document and review the results

View a video on how to publish a document and review the results

Note this video does not have sound and will show an older version of the software however functionality remains the same.

How to publish only the ordinance that you are working on

The guide 'View a single ordinance with all formatting', will show you how to publish just the one content section (i.e. ordinance you have been working on) to see what it looks like when printed as a PDF file.

Refreshing content

How to refresh amendment workflow

This guide will show you how to run the Refresh Amendment Workflow.

The screenshots on the guide show an older version of the software however functionality remains the same.

After applying the refresh amendment workflow, users can view track changes on screen and merge their prior changes back into the refreshed content. See the guide 'View saved versions, track changes and merge' for details on this process.

Amendment Health Check

How to run the Amendment Health Check workflow

A simple guide that steps you through the process required for running the Amendment Health Check.

NOTE:  The Amendment Health Check will advise if your amendment contains any structural errors due to conflicts with the current ordinance in the Planning Scheme or if any parts of content require a refresh from the master copy.  It will not advise if the content in the provision is correct.

Interim publish

How to run an Interim Publish process (Final form) with 'compare' feature

View our online guide to Generate an Interim Publish and compare to other saved versions.

This guide steps the user through the functions available in ATS Authoring to compare an amendment document to the master copy of ordinance and also to other versions (snapshots) that are generated in the system.

Page last updated: 27/05/21