HotDocs® is an award-winning software application that significantly reduces the time spent generating customized documents, such as contracts, sales proposals, government and court forms, legal documents, loan applications, and medical forms.
Using HotDocs, you can transform any word processor file into an interactive template. Simply replace the changeable text with HotDocs variables and identify text that may be included in or excluded from the final document. Then, the next time you want to generate a completed document, just assemble the interactive template you've created. As you do this, you will be prompted to answer questions, and the appropriate information will be merged into the document.
When using HotDocs, you can perfect a template, minimizing the "human error" factor that repetitive typing introduces. Additionally, you can automate your templates so that verb tenses, gender references, dates, numbers, calculations, and more are updated automatically as users enter information. Custom interview questions and help resources guide you or your users through the interview.
Virtually any document in your workflow can be converted to a HotDocs template, including lengthy and complex documents. HotDocs templates then become your gold standard — experienced colleagues can share their knowledge, and new colleagues come up to speed faster. Using HotDocs, you can compile an invaluable repository of special language, unique clauses or terms, correspondence, and more.
HotDocs can be integrated with databases, practice management systems, case management systems, and other vital components of your organization's technology infrastructure.
HotDocs® document-automation software lets you transform frequently used documents — such as briefs, motions, legal forms, contracts, proposals, government or court forms, letters, and wills — into reusable templates. Using HotDocs, you can create new documents in a fraction of the time you would otherwise spend drafting them manually.
HotDocs lets you produce accurate documents efficiently and share knowledge effectively for better practice management.
- Save countless hours entering data — Instead of retyping information such as a client’s name or a docket number over and over in the same document, simply enter it once. Dramatically reduce time spent in the “search and replace” function in your word processor and consistently reuse your firm’s knowledge and work product.
- Minimize errors — HotDocs legal software can help you generate flawless, individualized documents and reduce costly proofreading cycles and liability caused by careless mistakes. Verb tenses, gender references, dates, numbers, calculations, and other types of information all update automatically to reflect the information you enter. Simple interview questions with embedded guidance help users throughout your firm easily enter the information needed for error-free document generation.
- Share effective documents or clauses across your practice — HotDocs legal-document software enables you to ensure consistent quality and get new staff up to speed quickly by standardizing your work product and sharing your most effective documents and clauses throughout your practice. You can also create a library of key terms and phrases to share, and reuse effective language across a variety of documents and situations.
- Work with the applications you already know — HotDocs can import directly from applications such as Microsoft® Outlook®, Microsoft® Word, and Corel® WordPerfect®, and can assemble documents such as Acrobat® PDF files for electronic distribution. It can also be used with a variety of leading law-firm software programs, including Time Matters®, PCLaw®, Amicus Attorney®, ProLaw® and more.
HotDocs® makes it easy to produce precise, error-free legal documents consistently and quickly, giving you the most powerful document-automation solution available.
HotDocs legal-document software helps transform documents created in Microsoft® Word or Corel® WordPerfect® — briefs, motions, legal forms, contracts, proposals, government or court forms, letters, wills, and more — into valuable templates. Its new features will streamline your drafting and document assembly:
- Intuitive interview-based document creation — Instead of forcing you to cut, paste, and retype information, HotDocs templates prompt users for required information in a logical and user-friendly interview sequence.
- Reusable forms content — Compile an invaluable repository of special language, unique clauses, documents, and correspondence that the firm has already approved and used successfully.
- Editable text — HotDocs lets you customize the text of each document for a particular matter or client without having to change the document’s template.
- Integration with Microsoft® Outlook®, Word, and more — You can import information from Outlook, Word, WordPerfect®, and a variety of legal software programs directly into HotDocs. HotDocs is also compatible with the new Microsoft® Windows Vista® operating system.
- HotDocs compare feature — This time-saving feature enables you to see how your changes will affect your completed document without having to save the document.
- Markup View — Empower the subject-matter experts in your firm to review for revisions or corrections.
- Electronic document transmission — By assembling documents as PDF files and transmitting them electronically, you can minimize printing and mailing, saving time and reducing costs.
- Enhanced document preview — When responding to a question in the HotDocs interview, you can jump directly from the template interview to the document so you can see where the answer will be used.
- Style preferences — With HotDocs you can choose whatever font style, size, and colour you want during the document creation process.
- Hidden data remover — HotDocs allows you to delete extraneous information, such as document properties, in any of your Word documents.
- HotDocs InterConnect™ — Manage all your HotDocs files through your Interwoven® WorkSite® document management system.
The HotDocs® Certified Independent Consultant (CIC) Program provides you with the ultimate flexibility and choice when implementing a HotDocs solution in your practice. CICs are located worldwide and have a broad range of expertise. All members have been carefully selected and have passed a rigorous HotDocs certification process.
HotDocs CICs supplement HotDocs products, consulting, and training solutions with their own products, expertise, and viewpoint. Some CICs are experts in specific practice areas or industries, while others have extensive experience integrating HotDocs with document management or other business systems. Still others specialize in template development and offer a wealth of unique utilities, which may benefit your organization.
Find a CIC to work with your law firm.