Glossary of terms used on this site
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Something that may or may not be true and usually has a resulting output based on whether it was true or not. For example, a condition might be: Has the client paid stamp duty? Yes/no. The condition is whether the stamp duty has been paid and depending upon the answer (either yes or no), different language (or further questions) appear. |
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Content is a generic term to refer to the text or language in a document. Content generally falls into one of three categories: static, conditional or dynamic. Static content is boilerplate - it never changes in a document from matter to matter. Conditional content is that which may or may not appear in a document, or may vary slightly depending upon the circumstances - optional sentences, paragraphs or phrases. Dynamic content is that which will change nearly every draft, such as client names, dates and the like. |
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A document is the "end product" – it is what you send to the client, the other side or what you file with a court or other registry. A document will ALWAYS refer to the finalized version, and never a template or master precedent. Documents are generally created from templates or precedents. |
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A library refers to a collection of templates that relate to each other. In some cases, a library may be all the templates used to create documents for an entire area of practice. In other cases, a library may be a specific sub-set of templates, to highly automate a volume or profitable practice. An example of the latter would be a debt recovery library – it utilises regular litigation forms, but is designed and programmed to handle nothing but high volume undefended litigation. |
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A template will ALWAYS refer to a master precedent – something that is used to create documents. In document assembly the term "template" takes on expanded meanings, as templates contain programming and code to make the resulting documents more intelligent, accurate, and easy to produce. In Microsoft Word, templates are also used to store custom toolbars, macros, forms and styles. |
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