The Builder add-in for Word is getting a redesign, keeping every feature builders know while bringing a cleaner design, clearer settings and better performance.
When you’re building an automation in Word, you need to confirm one thing: the template is marked up right.
Every field in place. Every rule tied to the right section. Every block where it belongs.
When that’s easy to see, you build with confidence. The automation goes live, and every lawyer who uses it gets a document that populates correctly, first time.
Coming soon, the Builder add-in for Word gets a full redesign. The functionality you know stays exactly the same. What changes is how it looks, how it feels to work in, and how smoothly it responds.
A design that matches the rest of Smarter Drafter. The Builder add-in will look and work like the web app and the Drafter add-in. Section blocks and conditional rules will appear the way you already see them in the web app.
Settings in one clear panel. Select any field, rule or block in your template and its settings open in a clean, readable panel. See the rule behind a section or field with one click. Close it when you’re done. Upload moves into plain view.
Easier to find your way around. Search a form’s sections and fields, not just your list of forms. Locate shortcuts for content blocks and conditional rules sit right next to them, ready to take you to the exact spot in your template.
Better performance. The add-in moves to the same modern foundation as the Drafter add-in, so it responds more smoothly as you work.
Builders spend most of their time in Word. A clearer workspace means less hunting for settings and more confidence that every rule is right.
That confidence flows straight through to your lawyers. Confirmed markup means documents that populate correctly, and that means less time spent drafting from scratch.
Sign in as usual. A Builder badge confirms you’re in the right add-in. Your account, environment and profile sit at the top of the panel, and if you work across more than one environment, you’ll switch from there.
Everything you do today works the same way. Adding fields, conditional rules, linked records, content blocks, section blocks, formatting controls and eSignature all follow the rules they follow now.
Your existing templates carry straight over. They’re marked up in the same format, they feed the same automations and drafters see no difference. Nothing to relearn and nothing to redo.
This redesign is the foundation. With the Builder add-in on the same modern base as the rest of Smarter Drafter, it’s ready for Co-Builder and AI assistance in Word, right where you mark up your templates.
Get the markup right, and the documents take care of themselves.