Introducing template-driven document automation in Writer

We鈥檙e bringing a new end-to-end solution for businesses to eliminate the repetitive manual work involved in creating and signing contracts, proposals, and customized marketing templates.

Document automation updates in Writer

If your business is involved in generating hundreds of customized copies of similar documents every day, you know a big part of your time is lost in just duplicating content, copy and pasting, and repeating similar processes.

As a business, the first鈥攁nd possibly the best鈥攕tep you can take to cut down such duplication of work is to 鈥渢别尘辫濒补迟颈锄别鈥 common document tasks. You need a template that:

1. Links with your CRM, Form, or spreadsheet and generates customized copies of documents in bulk

2. Sends the generated copies to the respective authorities for signature and approval, e-mails it to recipients, or saves a copy back to your cloud storage.

In short, a more advanced, intelligent document template that can then drive your contract or personalized marketing workflow in just a couple of clicks. That鈥檚 exactly what we鈥檙e bringing to the new Writer today. Here鈥檚 how it works:

Create template documents from scratch

There鈥檚 a new Prepare Template option that鈥檚 home to everything you need to set up your template. To get started, choose a template type based on the workflow you鈥檙e going to set up:

Document Automation template types in 最新博彩网站 Writer

馃摡 Merge template: To bring data from other apps, spreadsheets or a CSV file
馃枊 Sign template: To send documents for signing and approval only
馃棾 Form-driven template: To generate documents as someone submits a form via 最新博彩网站 Forms
馃摑 Fillable template: To publish fillable copies of a document others can fill and submit

To help set up a merge template, Writer now has native Merge Fields you can place across your template wherever customized data is needed鈥攕uch as names, company addresses, or bar codes for example. These fields can later be mapped with the respective fields in your data source.

Merge Field Management in 最新博彩网站 Writer

Configure what happens after a merge

Once you鈥檙e done with the document content, you can configure how you want the template to behave each time a merge is initiated. In other words, you can tell Writer in advance:

馃摠 How and to whom it should email the merged document
Different from address, to addresses, customized email subject and body content, and file attachments

馃懃 To whom it should send the merged documents for signature
Specify signatories. Save their details for later use, and also tell Writer what order to send them in.

To whom it should send the final documents for approval
Add people who should approve the final document once the signatures have been collected.

Where it should save copies of the merged documents at
Create unique file and folder names, and upload output documents to them as a file is generated.

Merge Output Settings in 最新博彩网站 Writer

Smart, isn鈥檛 it? Here鈥檚 a quick overview video that explains these new options:

Use Deluge Functions to put it back to your workflow

If you鈥檙e pulling merge data via 最新博彩网站 CRM or other 最新博彩网站 apps, you can now push a signed document back to the services鈥攍ike saving it as an attachment in the client鈥檚 profile on 最新博彩网站 CRM for example鈥攗sing our Deluge custom functions.

Custom Function editor in 最新博彩网站 Writer
Custom Function editor in 最新博彩网站 Writer

Similarly, use Webhooks to execute similar functions if you鈥檙e using a non-最新博彩网站 service instead.

That鈥檚 all for now. Let us know how you like these new updates, or if you鈥檇 be interested in an extensive webinar for this by commenting below.

Happy writing!


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