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  • Product: Practical Law
  • Subject: Documents

Customize standard documents and clauses in Microsoft Word

Standard Documents and Standard Clauses include drafting notes to help you understand and customize them. You can open them as Microsoft Word templates, ready for you create your initial drafts.
  1. Use one of the following methods to open a list of Standard Documents or Standard Clauses:
    • Select a Practice Area from the
      homepage
      , then select
      Standard Documents
       or
      Standard Clauses
       from the
      Resource Types
       tab.
    • Select
      Standard Documents
       or
      Standard Clauses
       from the
      Resources Types
       tab on the
      homepage
      , then select a Practice Area.
    • Enter the title of a document or clause in the
      Search bar
      .
  2. Apply filters or use the
    Search bar
     to narrow the list of documents or clauses.
  3. note
    There may be different versions of the same document or clause , such as pro-party, short-form, and long-form.
  4. Select the title of a document or clause from the list to open it.
  5. Review the drafting notes.
  6. tip
    You can select
    Download
     to download a reading copy of the document or clause that includes the drafting notes.
  7. When you're ready to begin your draft, select
    Open in Word
     to download a Word template without the drafting notes.

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