Format Templates

Definition

A format template defines the margins, page size, header, footer, and the styles that you want to apply for contracts of an organization. Styles are applied to the title and body of clauses and to the contract title.

The styles define the alignment, indentation, line spacing, numbering, window or orphan threshold, columns, and other settings for the paragraphs and characters.

You must add the styles from the format template to the LanguageStyle value list to use them in contract templates and instances.

Organization-based templates

A format template is defined for every internal organization. The template that is defined for an organization is inherited by all child organizations, unless a different template is defined for a specific child organization.

Document format

A format template file must be a Microsoft Word DOCX (Office Open XML format) document with a .docx extension. It cannot be read-only or protected.