Author and Manage Policy Clauses in Microsoft Word for IT Compliance
Draft and manage policies directly in Microsoft Word by creating and editing clauses, or
reusing existing ones from your library. The Salesforce Policy Connector ensures that your Word
edits are synchronized with your policy records in Salesforce.
Required Editions
Available in: Lightning Experience
Available in: Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited
Editions with Agentforce IT Service.
User Permissions Needed
To author and manage policy clauses in Microsoft Word:
To add or edit clauses, the policy and clause records must be in Draft, Review, or Pending
Approval status. When you add or update text, Salesforce automatically creates or updates the
corresponding Compliance Policy Clause and Compliance Policy Clause Version records.
Create a Clause
To create a record in Salesforce for new policy text, register the text as a
clause.
Type the clause content directly into the Word document.
Highlight the text you want to register as a clause.
In the Salesforce side panel, click Mark as Clause.
Enter a descriptive Clause Name and click Continue.
Salesforce creates a Compliance Policy Clause record and a Draft version
automatically.
Insert a Clause from Library
Search and add existing clauses from your company's Clause Library into the policy
document in Word.
In the Salesforce side panel, click Clause Library.
Search for the clause you need.
Click the expand icon next to the clause name and click Insert Clause.
Update or Remove a Clause
Edit or remove clauses from the document and sync everything to Salesforce.
In the side panel, click the Document tab to see a list of all clauses in
the current document.
To edit a clause, click the actions menu next to a clause and select
Edit.
After making changes in the document, click Save from the actions
menu.
To delete a clause from the document, select Remove from the actions
menu.
To synchronize all document changes to Salesforce at once, click Save
All.
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