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A ‘clause-set’ is a ‘potential’ complete document. It comprises no (or little) actual text. It primarily comprises 'pointers’ to desired text, but not the actual text itself. When a clause set is called into a new document, Pathagoras locates the text indicated by the pointer and puts it into the current document.
Clause-sets are ideal for those documents that you produce frequently which involve the selection of identical (or close to identical) group of clauses each time. For example, a simple 'I Love You Will' or standard Real Estate Purchase Contract typically contains the same pattern of clauses. It sometimes is overkill to methodically check off the same clauses whenever such a document is needed. On the other hand, clause-sets are also ideal for those documents that you rarely produce, and for which you find it difficult to recall which clauses constitute a 'basic' document every time you need one.
Benefits of Clause-sets:
| • | Simple to very complex documents can be pre-created using the clause-set routine. |
| • | Since the actual text is stored and updated from a central ‘book’ (glossary or folder, as discussed elsewhere), the user is assured that only the 'freshest version' of the text will be called into the final document. |
| • | Clause-set are themselves editable. See bullet below. |
 Remember, a clause-set is a Word document. It can be freely edited and re-edited until it does what you need it to do.
You can quickly access the clause-set via the 'Libraries & Books' screen:
| 1. | Click on the appropriate book that contains the clause-set and then click the 'Open Folder' or 'Open Glossary' choice in the center panel. |
| 3. | Locate the clause-set you want to edit. Edit as appropriate. Then save the new clause-set document or glossary when done. |
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