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In about three seconds or less for most documents, Contract Tools proofreads your contract, links up cross-references and defined terms, finds to-dos, and much more. As you make changes, Contract Tools updates its analysis instantly. All of this happens right on your PC, not on some server somewhere – so when you use Contract Tools, your documents stay yours.
Contract Tools makes it easy to see what you’re doing while you work. Contractually defined words and phrases immediately pop out the moment you select one. Inline lists are easy to decipher. These features don’t change your document or Word’s other features in any way.
When you select a defined term, other instances are underlined.
Underlining updates instantly when you select a different defined term.
Inline lists are highlighted when selected.
Highlighting updates instantly when you select a different list.
Contract Tools can analyze just about any kind of contract you open in Word: confidentiality agreements, merger agreements, credit agreements, US contracts, Canadian contracts, UK contracts, and more. If you don’t have a Word document, Contract Tools can analyze PDFs you open in Word or text you paste into Word.
Mergers & Acquisitions – AT&T / Time Warner Merger Agreement
Finance – Verizon Credit Agreement
Capital Markets – Alibaba Underwriting Agreement
Corporate Governance – Alphabet Bylaws
Investment Management – Amaranth Operating Agreement
Trusts & Estates – Bancroft Declaration of Trust
Intellectual Property – Harvard OTD License Agreement
Real Estate – Twitter Office Lease
Litigation & Enforcement – Volkswagen Settlement Agreement
Compensation & Benefits – DocuSign Equity Incentive Plan
Bankruptcy – Aéropostale Plan of Reorganization
United Kingdom – InBev Credit Agreement
Canada – Potash/Agrium Arrangement Agreement
Contract Tools finds common contract drafting problems: words and phrases that look like defined terms but aren’t, terms that are defined more than once, and more. Use the Issues pop-up menu to see problems at a glance. Easily ignore proofreading results that don’t bother you, and restore results if you change your mind.
Use the Drafting Errors view to manage problems with defined terms, formatting, and more.
Easily see drafting errors in context.
Use the Issues pop-up menu to see potential problems in a simple list.
Creating a professional looking document with Word’s built-in controls is tedious, but with Contract Tools it’s easy. Contract Tools automatically finds formatted content – provision titles, defined terms, and more – learns how your document should be formatted, and lets you fix inconsistencies with one click.
Contract Tools finds formatting inconsistencies based on your document’s overall appearance.
Fix formatting inconsistencies with one click.
Contract Tools’ Context button changes automatically based on what you’re doing, so relevant tools are one click away. Review proofreading results, add automatically updating cross-references, navigate your document, and more, with just a click.
Insert automatically updating cross-references with one click.
Navigate defined terms (you can also navigate by double-clicking).
Learn about proofreading results; ignore results that don’t bother you.
Restore proofreading results you ignore if you change your mind.
See how defined terms are used.
See the part of your document you’re working with at a glance.
Contract Tools’ Previous and Next buttons are like if Word’s built-in search features could read your mind. Select a defined term, cross-reference, placeholder, and other items, and then click the Previous and Next buttons to find more of what you selected.
Click the Previous and Next buttons on the right to find cross-references that point to the same thing.
When you select a defined term, you can find more instances of it.
Find similar drafting errors.
Find more placeholders.
Most contracts have defined terms – often a few hundred of them, used hundreds of times. Contract Tools makes using defined terms simple. Just start typing a defined term to see a list of suggestions, and then choose the defined term you want to use.
Type to show a list of suggested defined terms.
Keep typing to refine the suggestions.
Use the arrow keys to select a defined term.
Easily choose a completion.
With Contract Tools, keeping track of unfinished items is easy. Use the To-Dos view to see placeholders, bracketed text, highlighted text, comments, and more.
Use the To-Dos view to keep track of footnotes, comments, bracketed text, and more.
Copy a list of to-dos to the clipboard…
…and then paste it into an email or another document.
Contract Tools makes finding your way around a contract as simple as browsing the web. Just double-click a use of a defined term to go to its definition, or double-click a cross-reference to go to what it references. When you’re finished, use the Back and Forward buttons to get back to what you were doing. Contract Tools doesn’t change your document to enable navigation features.
Double-click a use of a defined term…
…to go to where it’s defined.
Do the same thing with cross-references.
Use the Back and Forward buttons to get back to what you were doing.
Scrolling is one of the most common things you do in Word, but it’s easy to miss what you’re looking for while you scroll. With Contract Tools, the name of the item you’ve scrolled to appears in the Word window as you scroll – so you can find what you’re looking for without guessing.
When you drag the scroller…
…you see where you are…
…and where you’re going.
Snippets make reusing text simple. Just select text – a few words, a whole paragraph, or an entire document – and then create a snippet with one click. Insert snippets with a click or autocomplete as you type. Easily see how text differs from a snippet. Instantly create a new document from snippets. And because you can include AutoText and Quick Parts with your other snippets, you can easily share standard contract language throughout your organization.
Create snippets from text you select.
Use the Completion menu to insert snippets.
Use categories to manage many snippets.
Contract Tools makes it easy to find important information. Use tokens to find numbers, amounts of money, and dates and times. Mix tokens and text to find almost anything you can think of.
Find amounts of money.
Find dates and times.
Use tokens and text together.
Contract Tools offers many more features that make working with contracts fast and fluid.
Navigate your document using a simple outline, without fussing with Word’s heading styles.
Show two views at once.
Review defined terms by choosing from an organized list.
Easily filter defined terms.
Make cross-references automatically update with one click.
Include defined terms from one document…
…or multiple documents.
Easily find exhibits, schedules, and more.
