Matter Documents - Overview
All matter documents are easily accessible in your matter Documents tab, where they can be further edited.
Here you can create new documents, add matter notes or generate documents from templates (you must have templates already set up in your Template Desk).
If you already have some documents on your device that you wish to add to the matter, you can do this by uploading documents from your computer or OneDrive.
Right clicking a document or clicking the ellipsis (... three dots) to the right of the document, opens all the document options, such as to send by email or create tasks linked to the document.
View any modifications or edits made to a matter document, by right clicking the document, or by clicking the ellipsis then choosing Version history.
You can restore the document to its previous version and compare different versions.
Select 2 versions
Click to Compare
Copy a document to the same or different matter.
If you need to work on a document offline you can check out preventing others to make changes to it until you check in again.
Update the document status or assign it a Bundle section if you will need to include it in a Bundle.
Documents can be easily located using the search by name or filtering by user, status, bundle section or type.
Create folders to organise documents within the matter. Documents can be viewed either in List or Folders view at any time.
Converting Word documents to PDF
Quickly convert any Word document in your matter to a PDF.
When in matter Documents tab, right click on the document you wish to convert and select Convert to PDF.
A PDF version of this document will automatically be created and uploaded to the matter, and you will get a notification when it has converted successfully.
Downloading documents
Download documents quickly from Thread by just right-clicking on the document, or select multiple and click on Download icon on the bottom toolbar.
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