Editing Contract Terms in Word 2007

This demonstration shows how you can use Word 2007 to edit the contract terms you downloaded from a contract in the application.

This is the second in a series of related demonstrations that show how to edit contract terms outside the application and  then how to import these edits back in.

Steps:

1. Open the file in Microsoft Word 2007.

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2. Before you can edit, you must enable change tracking on the document.

    

   Click the Review tab.

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3. Because the Track Changes option is disabled, you must turn off document protection first.

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4. Click the button to the right of the Protect Document field.

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5. Click the Restrict Formatting and Editing list item.

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6. Click the Stop Protection button.

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7. You can now turn on change tracking.

    

   Click the button to the right of the Track Changes field.

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8. Click the Track Changes list item.

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9. For your first edit, you want to change the terms of the Technical Support clause, so scroll down to find it.

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10. Step 10

11. This clause calls for a potential support fee increases of six percent a year. You want to change it to four percent.

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12. Select the number 6.

     

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13. Always keep your edits to clause text within the blue border.

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14. Delete the value.

     

    Press [Delete].

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15. Enter the desired information into the field. Enter

     a valid value
     e.g.
     "4"
    .
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16. For your second edit, delete the Trial Program clause because you don't need it in this contract.

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17. Select the clause.

     

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18. Press [Delete].

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19. For your final edit, you will insert a new clause. You want the vendor to guarantee that the software they are selling is free of viruses.

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20. Scroll down.

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21. Click between two clauses.

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22. You will need to apply styles to the new clause to make it easy to import, so select the Home tab in the Word toolbar.

     

    Click the Home tab.

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23. Enter the clause title.

     

    Enter the desired information into the field. Enter

     a valid value
     e.g.
     "Viruses"
    .
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24. Now select the clause title you just entered.

     

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25. Apply the clause title style on the toolbar.

     

    Click ClauseTitle2.

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26. Place your cursor next to the title and press [Enter].

     

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27. On the new line, enter the clause text.

     

    Enter the desired information into the field. Enter

     a valid value
     e.g.
     "Vision Operations guarantees the software is free of viruses and other malware."
    .
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28. You are done with your edits.

     

    Click the Save button.

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29. Do not save the file in a different format or change the fille name if you want to automatically update the contract in the application with your edits.

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This concludes the demonstration of editing contract terms in Word 2007.

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