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Here’s a quick summary of the five most impactful improvements:
  • Bulk Compare now supports three of the most common multi-document workflows in legal practice, with Pairs for matched-batch reviews, One-to-Many for master-vs-variants comparisons, and the brand-new Timeline mode.
  • Track a document’s evolution end-to-end with the new Timeline mode, which automatically runs a sequence of comparisons through every version (v1 → v2, v2 → v3, v3 → v4…) in one go.
  • Get a single Departures Table covering every comparison in a job with the new Combined Departures Table export for One-to-Many and Timeline mode.
  • Effortlessly add and change DMS versions for iManage, NetDocuments, and SharePoint files across all comparison modes.
  • A faster, more reliable modern Office add-in experience, plus dark mode support in Redline in Email.
Let’s explore these in more detail. But first, a note from our product team Our product improvements are the direct result of feedback from our customers. We are extremely grateful for the excellent feedback we received which allowed the April 2026 release to be possible. If you have feature ideas or product performance feedback, we would love to hear from you. Please share any suggestions with us by contacting product@draftable.com.

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Bulk Compare

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Three Bulk Compare modes available in the new comparison screen

Three Bulk Compare modes Bulk Compare has been re-organised so that all three multi-document comparison modes are surfaced, making it easier for users to pick the right approach for the task in front of them:
  • Pairs — compare two lists of documents in matched order (e.g. v1 of each document against v2 of each document).
  • One-to-Many — compare a single base document against many other documents in one job.
  • Timeline (new) — automatically run a sequence of comparisons through document versions in order.
Together these modes cover the most common multi-document review patterns we see in legal practice - version reviews, batch redlines for due diligence, and comparing one master against several variants — without forcing users to choose the right entry point ahead of time. Crucially, switching between modes preserves your file selection. If you load several documents into Pairs, then realise One-to-Many or Timeline is a better fit, you can switch modes without losing the files you’ve already gathered.

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New Timeline mode for tracking document evolution

Timeline mode Timeline mode runs a chain of comparisons through every version of a document in order: v1 → v2, v2 → v3, v3 → v4, and so on. This is particularly useful for reconstructing the editorial history of a deal document, brief, or contract where multiple turns have accumulated and reviewers want to see what changed at each step rather than just the difference between the first and final draft. The full set of comparisons runs as a single job, with each pair (v1 → v2, v2 → v3, …) delivered as its own standalone comparison output. The new Combined Departures Table is also surfaced as one of the primary output options for the Timeline.

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New Combined Departures Table for One-to-Many and Timeline mode

Combined Departures Table Draftable can now export a single Combined Departures Table that brings every comparison in the job into one consolidated, clause-level output, available in either Word (.docx) or Excel (.xlsx) format. It’s been one of the most highly requested features from our customers, and a meaningful unlock for firms running document-heavy review workflows. In M&A diligence, where one master agreement is compared against five, ten, or more counterparty versions, reviewers can now see in a single view which counterparties have departed furthest from the playbook, where the recurring concessions are, and which clauses are stable across the field. The same output works just as well for version tracking, capturing how commercial terms, definitions, and key clauses have shifted through every iteration of an agreement. The Combined Departures Table appears as one of the available export types when running a Redline in Draftable, so it’s reachable from the same export menu reviewers already use for individual outputs.

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Core Functionality

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Choose (and add) DMS versions in any comparison mode

Add and change DMS versions Version selection for DMS files (iManage, NetDocuments, SharePoint) is now available across all comparison modes. Users can add a DMS file and then change to a different version of that file, or add many more versions to the comparison job, without re-loading from the DMS. This makes setting up version-based comparisons faster and more consistent regardless of which mode you’re in. Email comparison with DMS links When emailing a comparison out of Draftable, the older and newer input files can now be included as iManage, NetDocuments, or SharePoint links in the body of the email, rather than as PDF or DOCX attachments. This is selectable directly from the email menu alongside the existing attachment formats. Recipients now open the canonical DMS version of each document instead of working from a local copy that drifts away from the source of truth as edits accumulate.

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Markup Configuration

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Improved footnote numbering accuracy in Redline and Tracked Changes output

Footnote numbering in Redline and Tracked Changes outputs has been refined to better reflect the document’s actual numbering. This is now configurable as a redline profile setting, giving administrators control over how footnote numbering is presented in exported outputs.

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Accuracy

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Cleaner page-break handling and rendering improvements

A round of accuracy improvements reduces a number of long-standing sources of noise in PDF outputs:
  • Cleaner page-break handling reduces false-positive page and section breaks that previously appeared as extraneous changes in Redline output - particularly noticeable when documents use artificial breaks to avoid widow/orphan lines, or when section and column markers don’t line up perfectly between versions.
  • Textbox content is no longer cropped during PDF conversion, ensuring text inside textboxes is fully captured for comparison.
  • California pleading documents benefit from fine-tuned line-number stripping and first-page rendering, producing cleaner comparisons of court-filed documents that follow the California pleading format.

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Ease of Use

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Excel and PowerPoint redline default to native formats

When exporting Excel and PowerPoint redlines, Draftable now defaults to xlsx and pptx formats respectively. This aligns the default behaviour with what most reviewers expect — getting an editable native-format output rather than a PDF — and removes a small but frequent extra click from the export workflow.

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DMS Versions dialog preserves side positions

When selecting a different version in the DMS Versions dialog, Draftable now uses a dedicated control that preserves which side is older and which is newer. This change makes version swaps more predictable and helps prevent accidental side-flips when navigating through document versions.

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Administrator Features

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Streamlined export options: Departures Table prioritised over Changes Report

After consulting with customers, we found that the Departures Table and Changes Report serve similar purposes. Because the Departures Table is used more often and provides greater value as a clause-level record of changes, it’s now the default export option in Draftable, while the Changes Report has been removed from the export menus. If your firm relies on the Changes Report format, administrators can re-enable it via registry settings, preserving the option without cluttering the default experience for users who don’t need it.

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Improved visibility for admin-installed add-ins

Previously, the Settings page checked only the user’s config, which meant MSI-deployed add-ins didn’t appear, and the UI could misleadingly suggest that the installation had failed. Admin-installed add-ins now show up alongside user-installed ones, giving both admins and end users a clearer single view of what’s actually deployed on a machine. Where the user doesn’t have permission to read the admin registry path, the section now reflects that gracefully rather than reporting a failure.

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Add-in Improvements

This release also includes substantial updates to the modern Office and Outlook add-ins.

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Redline in Email — dark mode support

Redline in Email (v1.1.32) now supports dark mode in Outlook. Previously the task pane’s text was hard to read against the dark background, with content blending on grey themes. The refreshed task pane now respects Outlook’s dark theme properly, with proper contrast so reviewers can read what’s on screen.

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Draftable in Office/Outlook and Draftable for Office/Outlook — speed and reliability optimization

The April release of Draftable in Office/Outlook and Draftable for Office/Outlook delivers significant gains in speed and reliability, with optimization across the comparison logic in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Alongside these improvements, this release introduces:
  • Shared mailbox support in the Outlook add-in manifests, enabling firms that work from shared mailboxes to use the add-in without manifest workarounds.
  • Unified version display across all add-in variants, so administrators and support teams can confirm which version is installed at a glance regardless of which add-in is in use.
The release also resolves a number of reported issues across the modern add-ins:
  • The Use Worksheet, Use Slides, Compare Open, and Current Document workflows no longer fail with intermittent “Comparison Failed” errors.
  • 1-click compare, send-text, and email-reply flows in the Outlook add-in now run reliably.
  • DMS calls to iManage and NetDocuments have improved error handling and timeouts, reducing hangs and unclear failures.
  • Excel 97–2003 (.xls) files now surface a clear error message instead of hanging the add-in.
  • Emailing comparison results no longer fails with an output error.

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Bug Fixes

As with all releases, the April update included fixes to a number of reported issues in Draftable Desktop: Application fixes
  • Fix for excessive page count increases in Redline comparisons
  • Fix for excessive margin space added during PowerPoint redline export
  • Fix for tab-switch flicker in the comparison viewer
  • Fix for add-in footer button overlap
  • Fix for redline export failing when the previous save location had a long-path prefix (Dropbox / virtual folders)
Algorithm reliability fixes
  • Fix for reserved footnote IDs in strict-schema documents
  • Fix for hyphen-only changes not being detected in side-by-side compare
  • Fix for stray instrText when accepting complex field deletion
  • Fix for empty hyperlinks in comments causing decoder crashes
  • Fix for HTML list parsing (“Expected Item in Unordered List”)
  • Fix for Excel password exception variant from Aspose.Cells
  • Fix for first w:vanish paragraph numbering with non-empty content
  • Fix for invisible characters interfering with the del-ins shifter
  • Fix for out-of-bounds lookup in table column consolidation
  • Fix for sdt elements appearing in comments
Integration fixes
  • [Office Add-in] Fix for older/newer files being converted to PDF when emailing
  • [Word COM Add-in] Fix for documents with unsaved edits no longer prompting to save
  • [Word Add-in] Fix for iManage Work cache files not being recognised as DMS files
This release also upgraded log4net to address a security advisory. If you ever need help troubleshooting issues with Draftable, please reach out to support@draftable.com.