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What is Similar clauses?
Similar Clauses helps you quickly find relevant clauses while drafting or reviewing documents in Word.
Instead of searching manually, suggestions appear instantly based on your cursor or selected text.
How it works
Similar Clauses automatically searches for relevant content based on what you’re working on. You can trigger a search in three ways:
While typing
Start typing in a paragraph. After a short pause, Similar Clauses automatically searches for matches. Each time you edit the text, it searches again.
By placing your cursor
Click inside a paragraph. The tool uses that paragraph to find matches.
By selecting text
Select a few words or multiple paragraphs. The tool will use your selection (and expand it to the full paragraph if needed).
Search modes
The feature works in two modes:
1. Alternative clauses
Find clauses with a similar meaning, even if they are written differently.
Use this when:
You want inspiration while drafting
You’re negotiating and need alternative wording
You want to refine tone or legal positioning
2. (Nearly) Identical Clauses (Strict Comparison)
Find clauses that closely match your text using a word-for-word comparison.
Use this when:
You want to check whether a clause has been used before
You need to ensure compliance with approved wording
You want to verify consistency with internal standards
What to expect:
Up to 10 results (5 from Quality Library, 5 from Clause Hunt)
Differences between your text and results are automatically highlighted
Choose your search sources
Similar Clauses searches in two sources:
Curated and structured clauses
Higher quality, fewer results
May include titles, tags, ratings, and descriptions
You can select which folders to include
Clauses extracted from precedent documents
Larger volume of results
Broader variety, but less curated
You can select one basket at a time
Your selected sources and settings are saved until you log out.
If a source is disabled by your admin, it won’t appear.
Working with results
You can pin results to keep them visible while you continue working elsewhere in your document.
Insert the clause
To insert a clause, click the + button and see additional insertion options.Inserted clauses automatically adopt the formatting of your document.
Optimize results
Use Optimize results to refine your search results using AI. It improves relevance by re-ranking and filtering results based on your selected text. This is especially useful when your initial results are too broad or not quite what you’re looking for.
Edit clause ✏️
Open the clause to review and make changes before inserting it into your document.
Compare with selected text
Compare the clause with your current text and highlight any differences.
You can choose the direction of the comparison (left to right or right to left), depending on how you want to review changes.
Rewrite
Use AI to quickly rewrite the clause.
You can shorten the text, adjust the tone (for example, make it more neutral or more favourable), anonymise content, or provide your own custom instructions.
Click the three dots (•••) on a clause to access more options.
Additional information
View details about the clause, such as when it was last modified and its reference number.
Send feedback to curator
Share feedback or suggestions about the clause with your organization’s curator.