“Claude is better for me when I'm still figuring out the argument or working across several documents, then Word takes over once I'm at the point where another lawyer needs to review what I did.”
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- r/LawFirm · Sep 18, 2026ClaudeMixed
“The thing people miss is that the output arrives with markdown formatting that fights Word styles.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 15, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“Claude and other AI tools may leave detectable traces, either in the file metadata or in the writing itself.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 14, 2026ClaudeValues
“For what it is worth, Claude can produce redlined Word documents. You don't have to do that in Word.”
open - r/LawFirm · Sep 14, 2026ClaudeValues
“You can just tell Claude to output the result as an edit tracked word doc with the author set to X (e.g., you).”
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