LegalSifter Control Review works seamlessly with Microsoft Word Track Changes and Comments. Tracked Changes and comments will be imported into LegalSifter Control and are visible within the contract text.
LegalSifter Control Review provides additional capabilities around track changes not present in Microsoft Word.
Accept or reject all at a clause level
Highlight multiple changes and accept or reject
Track Rejections
Clause level revert
Track Changes Color
Each user who has edited the document will be assigned a different color for the changes that are shown in the document.
Change Metadata
Information about who made the change and when is accessible by rolling over the change. Change metadata is imported from word. Change metadata is exported to word using the current user's identity.
Highlighted Text
LegalSifter Control supports importing and exporting highlighted text from Microsoft Word. Adding or removing highlighting may be done using the editor toolbar.
Note: LegalSifter Control does not support displaying or editing text shading. Text shading in the word document will be maintained.
LegalSifter Control Clause Toolbar
When the cursor is placed into a clause the clause toolbar is opened exposing actions that can be taken to the clause.
Accept All will accept all changes in the clause removing them completely from the document. Accept all will automatically mark the clause as Final indicating the negotiation for the clause is complete.
Revert becomes available once any changes have been made to the clause. Revert will roll back all changes to clause returning it to the state when it was imported into Akorda review. Reverting will also reset the clause card status if has been marked as Done or Final.
Reject All will use the LegalSifter Control Review track rejections feature which reverses all changes in the clause. Track rejections does not remove the change from the document, instead it does the following.
Deletions will be left in place and the Deleted words will be added as insertions by the LegalSifter Control Review user. This preserves the review history of the text allowing the counterparty to see exactly what they requested removed and how the reviewer responded.
Insertion will be left in place, but wrapped in a deletion by the LegalSifter Control Review user.
Strategic Accept and Reject
Changes in the document can be accepted or rejected strategically by selecting individual words and using the right click menu to accept or reject the selected change.
Note: Selection of changes for accept/reject only works within the current clause.
Clean Document View
if you wish to view the document with out the redlines you can toggle the strikethroughs in the upper right conner of the page.
This will show the document as if all inserts are accepted and all deletes have been rejected.
Note: This is a view only feature, track changes will continue to be logged even if they are now visible.
Clause Card Status
If a card has been marked as Done or Final any changes to the clause text will reopen the clause.