HotDocs Document Automation Blog: Document Services
What is Contract Assembly Software?
Contract assembly is a technological approach to generating transactional versions of a complex legal contract by transforming it into a document generation process application. In use, a contract-generation process app gathers all the transactional data necessary and then uses that data to generate a new version of the contract. Transforming a word-processor-based contract into a...
What is Document Composition Software?
Beyond a word processor, which is, obviously, the most flexible way to compose documents, the term document composition could be applied to what is commonly referred to as document generation, a technological approach to governing document quality and mitigating risk stemming from human error in document preparation.
What is GRC Process Modeling?
GRC (Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance) is a frequently misunderstood product category, a subject which I discussed in a previous blog, titled “Is Document Generation a GRC Technology?” The three components (G, R, C) can, in fact, be viewed as three disparate product groupings, each being targeted by a variety of different vendors. BPM and...
Software for Producing Documents
HotDocs is a software platform that automates the process of producing transactional legal documents and forms. By automating the process of producing documents, you can significantly improve the quality of your documents, while decreasing the time and money it takes to produce them. The HotDocs integrated technology stack includes a modeling tool (HotDocs Developer) that...
Top Ten Funniest Proofreading Mistakes
Given that I work for HotDocs Corporation, a software company that enables organizations to eliminate proofreading mistakes by automating the generation of complex legal documentation, I decided to compile my own top-ten list of funny proofreading screw-ups.
Ignorance to Process Automation is not Bliss
I broke my finger a couple weeks ago. It is the first broken bone of my life. In typical fashion of any phenomenal athlete, such as myself (I stand 5’8” and weigh a buck fifty soaking wet), I was doing a Karl Malone-style hammer dunk with an alley-oop, reverse, windmill, double-Mctwist, Flying Tomato . . . Well, I was at least playing basketball when it happened.
What is a HotDocs Document Generation Process App?
A HotDocs document-generation process app (sometimes referred to as a template) is a software program that facilitates the generation of transactional, legal documents and forms, such as contracts, wills, trusts, insurance forms, etc. HotDocs apps not only provide a significant decrease in the time and expense of generating transactional documents, but these apps also ensure...
HotDocs Gives a CLE Lecture on Document Control
Last week I traveled to Cleveland with Leonard Ducharme—the HotDocs thought-leader regarding document control in business processes—to give a lecture at the Cuyahoga Community College. I had never been to Cleveland before.
Process Automation: Three Things to Consider When Naming HotDocs Components
You have purchased a HotDocs Developer license, reviewed the tutorials, and perhaps even received some development training. You may have gone so far as to have read topics of interest in the HotDocs help file, or perused the HotDocs Wiki. At any rate, you’re ready to start developing HotDocs process applications for your law practice...
Document Generation Software for Home Builders, Part 2: Generating Documents in the Cloud
No matter where I turn these days I bump into the “cloud.” It’s everywhere: on TV, in magazines, courtrooms, locker rooms, grocery stores, and so on.
Business Process Automation (BPM): Predictable Success with Document Generation
In a recent blog postabout GRC and document generation, Jim Sinur, a Gartner VP and leading expert in process automation, wrote about a sprawling government agency that had reduced the time it took to generate ultra-complex contracts from three months to three hours using HotDocs. The point of the post, though, wasn’t the extraordinary efficiency...
What Makes HotDocs Better than VBA for Document Generation?
Even though VBA wasn’t designed for document generation, many people use it for that exact purpose. This is because VBA is normally built into the Microsoft Office applications that people already have, and often they are unaware of software that is specifically designed for document generation, such as HotDocs. Because HotDocs was created for the...