Document 'Dis'-assembly

A ‘first step’ in building a document assembly system might be simply to "dis-assemble" what you already have. The pieces can be saved as separate clauses in a folder or glossary. Then, when you are ready to create a new document, you can reassemble a document that is highly personal and specific for a the client or customer being serviced by selecting only the pieces that fit the need.

After the inititial disassembly, you should add variety and 'personality' to the new individual clauses, as well as duplicating and modifing them as needed to account for gender, number, condition, etc. For example, you might choose to have separate clauses to reflect the family composition (single/married/children or none, etc.).

As you find additional text that you want to be a part of the book of clauses, simply add it (the technique is 'highlight & add'

In this regard, disassembly makes sense only when at least some of the individual paragraphs are reworked to reflect the variety that the 'whole' document might achieve. If there is little variety within this genre of document, there is no sense in breaking it up.

Select a favorite ‘base’ document and break it up into its component pieces.

This is repeated for all of your base documents until you have an entire system of libraries and books.

New clauses can be added to your collection by breaking up an existing document into its component parts. Pathagoras provides two primary methods of automatic document disassembly. Instant Book and Bulk Add

Click on the Document 'Dis'-assembly button at the left (Table of Contents) for more information on each of these methods.