software
Is there a software tool to write contracts?
<p>Is there a tool that you can write (for example) contracts with?</p>
<p>I have seen some people using LaTeX for it, but is everybody just using Microsoft Word and then formatting everything by hand for each document?</p>

<p>A contract is normally simply a text document, and any software that can produce text is suitable for writing a contract. This would include general-purpose word processor software. In some cases a contrat might include tables or diagrams, and then software that can create those features would be desirable.</p>
<p>A contract does not need to be in some highly specialized or specific format that would require something like LaTeX, and many contracts are written on whatever word-processor the drafter has installed on an office computer. But one could use LaTeX if one chose to.</p>
<p>In some fields there is specialized software that includes pre-written sections of contract language, and can produce a finished contract when the user enters information specific to the occasion. For example, there is software that produces a residential lease given the names and addresses of the parties, the rental amount, the address of the rental dwelling, and other relevant information. Such software is generally quite specific to a jurisdiction, such as a country, province or state. The quality of the output varies, and in general such software should only be used for fairly routine situations.</p>
