Letterhead

Creating a document on letterhead; engagement letters, demand letters, letter contracts.

AllDrafts can automatically render your document on your firm or client's letterhead if you upload it as a PDF or graphic.

Documents with a Document Types beginning 'Letter' are automatically presented on the letterhead set for the folder or its parent.

Letterhead is shown during editing and is included in export to Word or PDF. During editing the top of the letterhead is shown at the top of the long scrolling document, and the footer at the bottom. At export the letterhead is properly placed behind the text on the first page of the exported document.

Letterhead can be provided in PDF or image format. Ideally upload letterhead the size of a full page (typically Letter format, 8.5x11").

If you upload something smaller than a page you can use the Align option to choose how its placed, along with the Top and Side offsets.

Because letterhead may have a large header or a long list of names on the side, you can specify Top, Bottom, Left, and Right Margin for the letterhead. When the page is exported the larger of the document margins and these letterhead margins will be used on the first page, which has the letterhead. The remaining pages will use the document margins.

Set at Folder Level

Because letterhead is usually specific to a firm or a client the letterhead is set only at the Folder level. (If you have attorney-specific letterhead, just use different sub-folders. You can also put a client letterhead on a client folder.)

If you are in a document and want to use letterhead you can change the document type by using File > Details, or use the Insert > Letterhead menu option, which will change the top level of your document type to 'Letter'.

If you insert a letterhead but have not specified one for this folder or any parent folder, you'll have the option of uploading it from a modal within the document, and choosing how far up the folder tree to apply it. This is simply a shortcut to going to the Folder view and setting it there on Folder Settings.