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# Add document content controls using Microsoft Word add-in for ServiceNow Contracts

# Add document content controls using Microsoft Word add-in for ServiceNow Contracts {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

As a contract configurator, add content controls using the Microsoft Word add-in for ServiceNow Contracts. Content controls act as placeholders in contract templates.
* **[Configure metadata for fields, variables, and variables sets in a contract document](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/5n42mtqMG87A3gKMrkwv0g)**   
  As a contract configurator, add and configure metadata for fields, variable, and variable sets to pre-fill the information in the contract document.
* **[Configuring signatories in Contract template using Microsoft Word add-in](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/MubSlujL4nDe6Sz7_58QSg)**   
  For signatories to add their signatures in the contract document, you can either create signature blocks or configure participants in a contract template with placeholders.
* **[Map clauses and clause variations using the Microsoft Word add-in for ServiceNow Contracts](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/wybCpGeVEdEaDgm867boRg)**   
  As a contract configurator, add clause and clause variations to a contract using the Microsoft Word add-in for ServiceNow Contracts.
* **[Map contract document tables using the Microsoft Word add-in for ServiceNow Contracts](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/SPNOW7Dj0NeyCB649hB9zg)**   
  Use the Microsoft Word add-in to map a contract table to a source table in your ServiceNow instance to determine the data that will be added in a contract document. When a contract document is generated from the template, the rows and columns are dynamically added in the mapped table of the contract document.

**Related tasks**   

* [Create a contract template to contain content controls](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/h8u~bDRuo5BeOQ7f7XRbHA "Create a contract template using the Microsoft Word add-in for ServiceNow Contracts to which you can then add content controls.")
* [Upload and parse a Microsoft Word document that includes content controls](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/za5_23Jx56SBeHBM2i6f2g "As a contract configurator, after adding the content controls to the Microsoft Word document to be used for the contract template using the Microsoft Word Add-in for ServiceNow Contracts, upload the document to the ServiceNow instance.")
* [Complete clause mapping to build a clause library](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/vg4O52Pa3no5cmoHT4z9_A "As a contract configurator, complete clause mapping to build a clause library of clause variations containing the content marked in the Microsoft Word document using the Microsoft Word Add-in for ServiceNow Contracts.")
* [Add conditions for a contract table mapping](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/A8qUF__85k2WEqITVnyEbg "As a contract configurator, use condition builders to define criteria for a table mapping for a contract template so only the essential data from the mapped table is displayed in the contract document.")