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Bulk Operations helps you apply one or more actions across multiple documents at once, instead of opening each file and making the same changes manually.

Designed for high-volume document processing, Bulk Operations makes it easier to update, clean up, review, extract or bundle large sets of Word or PDF files in a consistent way.

You can upload one or more DOCX or PDF files. If you are working inside Word, your currently opened document will be included by default.

You can reorder documents by using the up & down buttons if needed, for example when combining them into a single DOCX or PDF in a specific order.

Choose one or more operations to apply to the selected documents.

You can load a saved set, customise it, or create your own by adding operations individually.

Run the selected operations and choose how to export the results.

The available export options depend on the selected files and the operations included in the process.

You can save a set of operations so that you or you or your colleagues can use it again later.

Saved sets can also be appended to existing operations, allowing you to combine multiple predefined workflows.

This operation runs a proofreading check across the selected DOCX files.

It is the equivalent of opening each file individually and reviewing it with the Proofreading feature. The output is provided as a table, in LawVu Draft, Word or Excel, giving you a structured overview of issues such as missing definitions, irrelevant definitions, hardcoded numbering and similar document quality issues.

This operation automatically removes consecutive spaces from the selected documents. These unnecessary spaces can create small gaps in the layout and may interfere with how Word formats the document.

Bulk Operations removes all consecutive spaces in one step across all selected files.

Removes unnecessary blank paragraphs that create unwanted gaps or layout issues in the document.

This is especially useful when cleaning documents with inconsistent formatting or leftover empty lines from drafting and editing.

This operation removes manually inserted (“hardcoded”) numbers from the beginning of paragraphs.

For example, a paragraph number such as 5.1 may have been typed manually rather than applied using Word’s automatic numbering. When this operation is run, Bulk Operations removes the typed number and any following space.

This operation removes hidden metadata from DOCX files to prevent unintended disclosure of information.

You can also enable Remove personal information on save, which automatically strips personal information from the document each time it is saved.

Metadata removed may include:

Removing this information helps avoid exposing confidential or embarrassing details when documents are shared externally.

This operation calculates a digital fingerprint for each uploaded file and exports the results to a table in Word or Excel.

A digital fingerprint, also known as a SHA-256 hash, is a unique value generated from the file. If even a single character in the file changes, the fingerprint changes as well. This gives users a simple but powerful way to verify that documents haven’t been altered after signing.

This is especially useful when dealing with bulky or complex files that are difficult to print, sign, or even convert to PDF. Instead of attaching everything, users can simply include a table of fingerprints in the agreement while each party keeps their own copy of the files.

This operation extracts definitions from the uploaded documents.

For each document, it creates:

This is useful when you need a complete overview of defined terms across a set of contracts or templates.

This operation is the equivalent of the Definitions feature.

This operation searches across documents for one or more keywords or phrases and extracts the surrounding text.

Depending on the settings, you can extract:

This is useful for identifying all clauses that mention a particular concept, party name or legal issue across a large document set.

This operation performs find and replace across multiple documents at once.

You can use it to:

Options include:

This is useful when updating names, dates, wording or standard terms across several files at once.

Update footers across the selected documents by:

This is especially useful when preparing a set of documents for issue, signing or circulation.

This operation works in the same way as Replace footers, but applies to headers instead.

This operation searches for a target paragraph or clause and then replaces, deletes or highlights it.

For example:

Replacement can be done using formatted text, unformatted text, deletion or highlighting.

This is useful when standard clauses need to be removed or replaced across multiple templates or negotiated versions.

This operation extracts placeholders from the selected documents and lets you decide, for each one, whether to:

It supports placeholders in square brackets as well as highlighted placeholders.

This is particularly useful when completing multiple templates or finalising several related documents at once.

This operation allows you to apply protection settings across the selected DOCX files.

Available protection types include:

This operation copies paragraph styles from one DOCX file to the selected documents. It is useful when you want to align templates or standardise formatting across a large set of files after a style update.

You can choose to copy all styles or only selected ones, and you can control whether existing styles should be overwritten.

This operation allows you to append a PDF or DOCX file to the end of each selected document, or prepend it to the beginning.

Common use cases include:

You only need to select the file you want to append or prepend.

This operation accepts all tracked changes in the selected documents.

You can also choose to:

This operation is similar to Accept all changes, but rejects tracked changes instead.

This operation compares each selected document against a single base document.

This is useful when you want to compare many negotiated versions of a contract against one template or model version.

Options include ignoring:

This helps you focus on the substantive differences across a batch of related documents.

This operation replaces the author name on tracked changes with a single author across the selected documents. This is useful where several people have edited a document, but you want tracked changes to appear under one name only.

You can also choose: