Draft standard documents and clauses in Word
Find a standard document or clause, read the drafting notes, and customise it in Microsoft Word.
- Use one of the following methods to find a standard document or clause:
- OnUK Home, select theResourcestab,Standard documents and drafting notesorStandard clauses and drafting notes, then a practice area.
- OnUK Home, select a practice area, thenStandard documents and drafting notesorStandard clauses and drafting notes.
- Enter a search term, then on the results page, selectResource Typeand mark theStandard documents and clausescheckbox.
- Select the title of the standard document or clause to open it.
- Review the standard document or clause and drafting notes.tipSelect a single note to show the drafting note or selectShow Drafting Noteson the toolbar to show all drafting notes.
- SelectDownloadfrom the toolbar, then choose from theDelivery,Include, andAdvancedoptions.
- Use the following options to customise the downloaded document or clause in Microsoft Word:
- To add a clause before an existing clause: place your cursor at the beginning of a clause, then pressEnter.
- To add a sub-clause after a sub-clause: place your cursor at the end of the sub-clause, then pressEnter.
- To add a 1st sub-clause: place your cursor at the end of the main clause, then pressEnter. This creates a new main clause. Place your cursor at the start of your new main clause, then pressTabto change it to a sub-clause.
- To add a further level of sub-clause: place your cursor at the end of the sub-clause, thenEnter. This creates another sub-clause of the same level. Place your cursor at the start of this new sub-clause, thenTab.
- To delete a clause: select the text of the clause andBackspaceorDelete.
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