How can I configure contract terms before I print them?

You select contract terms layout templates during contract type setup. Contract printing uses these predefined layout templates.

For example, you may have selected a terms layout template that only prints the summary of amendments made to contract terms or a terms layout template that prints both the amendment summary and the amended contract terms and conditions. Alternatively, you can also control the printing of the amendment summary without adjusting the terms layout template for each contract in the Contract Terms tab. You can configure the printing options available on the page when creating and editing clauses and when adding and editing sections as part of contract or template authoring.

For example, you can do the following:

• Suppress title and skip numbering or only skip numbering while doing the following:

  • Editing a section or clause for a terms template or contract

  • Adding a section or clause to a terms template

  • Adding a section or creating a nonstandard clause to add to a contract

• Align the section title or start a section on a new page while doing the following:

  • Creating a new section while authoring a terms template or while authoring terms and conditions for a contract

  • Adding a new section from the terms library to the terms template or contract

  • Editing a section in the terms template or contract

Using the skip numbering and suppress name for a section or suppress title for a clause options, you can independently exclude the number and title associated with sections or clauses from a contract. Based on the selected options, the contract is printed as follows:

• When the suppress name or title option is selected on a section or clause, the application prints the contract only with the number associated with the section or clause, but suppresses the title.

• When the skip numbering option is selected on a section or clause, the application prints the contract by skipping numbering and moving the numbering up one level for subsection or clause. In this case, the contract displays only the title associated with that section or clause.

• When both options are selected on a section or clause, the application prints that section or clause without the number and title.

Keep in mind that these printing options are only available for contracts in Draft and Under Amendment statuses. Although, you can use these printing options on all templates including those for which approved contracts exist, the options you select will only apply to future, yet to be approved contracts. These printing configurations only show in the PDF, RTF, and HTML formatted output of the contract.