Draftable Legal October 2025 Updates (v25.10 series)

The October 2025 updates to Draftable Legal (v25.10.x) introduced major improvements to preprocessing accuracy, email comparison workflows, Microsoft Office integrations, and administrator telemetry options. These releases also delivered critical bug fixes across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and email redlines.

Top 5 improvements in this update

• Improved accuracy for PDF inputs – comparisons using PDFs are now best-in-class quality thanks to upgraded PDF preprocessing via the Apryse conversion engine.
• Future-proofed file selection from Microsoft Office – load files directly from Word, Excel, or PowerPoint into Draftable using our new modern JavaScript add-in “Draftable for Office”.
• Faster email reviews – Accept/Reject All commands added to streamline review of redlined emails in Outlook.
• Greater visibility for IT teams – optional organization-level telemetry tagging enables company usage reporting for administrators.
• Multi-tenant iManage support – improved configuration options for on-premise iManage and for multiple iManage tenants per user.

Let’s explore these in more detail.

But first, a note from our product team

Our product improvements are the direct result of insights from our customers. We are extremely grateful for the excellent feedback we received which allowed the October 2025 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 [e-mail].

New Features and Improvements

Core Functionality

Improved accuracy and reliability on PDFs

Hot off the heels from our PDF improvements in the September 2025 updates, lawyers can now enjoy more reliable comparisons when using PDF input files, thanks to the addition of the Apryse conversion engine for PDF to DOCX pre-processing. This addition means lawyers using Draftable will have access to the best-in-class PDF comparison quality allowing them to accurately interpret changes to PDF files. The update also ensured the Apryse engine is set as the default for all organizations regardless of previous administrator configuration.

Faster “Redline in Email” accept / reject workflows

Our October updates provided a new version of Draftable’s “Redline in Email” Outlook add in (v1.1.26). This update included:

• A new Accept All / Reject All option to allow reviewers to process email changes in bulk.
• Enhanced baseline selection logic to improve the accuracy of comparisons using “Compare against earlier email,” helping users avoid mismatched versions during redline creation.

These updates simplify review workflows for lawyers redlining correspondence and client communication.

Integration Functions

Modern Microsoft Office add-in for file loading

Draftable now provides a modern JavaScript (JS) add-in for file loading from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This one modern Office add in lets users quickly load files into Draftable and removes the dependency on our existing VSTO COM add ins. The add-in can be deployed via the following manifest link:
https://dl.draftable.com/addins/office-simple/2.17.0.0/manifest.xmlThe updated add-in works across desktop and web versions of MS Office, making it easier to integrate Draftable comparisons into day-to-day document workflows.

Example of MS Word with new JS add in “Draftable in Office” file loading command on ‘home’ tab of ribbon menu

Example of MS Excel with new JS add in “Draftable in Office” file loading command on ‘home’ tab of ribbon menu

Example of MS PowerPoint with new JS add in “Draftable in Office” file loading command on ‘home’ tab of ribbon menu

Administrator Features

iManage tenant switching and configuration updates

For firms using on-premise iManage environments, Draftable now supports easier switching between iManage tenants. This is especially valuable for global firms collaborating across multiple regions. Updates include improvements to local configuration options and connection persistence between sessions.

Administrators can configure the multiple iManage server URLs for end users via Group Policy, ensuring lawyers aren’t brought into technical configuration workflows. 

Opt-in usage data reporting via organization-level telemetry tagging

Administrators can now choose to include an organization-level GUID in telemetry data. This enables tracking and reporting of Draftable usage in customer organizations. Administrators can opt-in to this system by adding the GUID via a registry setting change. Once enabled, requests can be made to [e-mail] for usage data reports covering the following topics:

• The number of unique comparisons
• Monthly, weekly or daily active users,
• Comparison reliability (success rates),
• Comparison speed (i.e. pages per second)
• Input document formats compared (e.g. PDF, Word, Excel, PPT, etc)
• Comparison Types used (e.g. Redline in Draftable, Tracked Changes in Word, Side by Side, etc)
• Product versions in use (e.g. v25.10.0)
• Adoption / usage of specific features such as Redline in Email, bulk compare, one click compare, departures table, etc.

It’s important to note that Draftable cannot report named users as our system does not collect personally identifiable information (PII). In practice we can report the number of comparisons and usage frequency based on unique devices (i.e. computers) which we treat as a proxy for a unique ‘user’.

Draftable is in the process of implementing a federated named user identity management system alongside a new web-based administrative portal. This will provide automated reporting out of the box for your team and is expected to be ready by mid 2026 alongside the release of our web version of Draftable Legal.

Bug Fixes

The October releases (25.10.0, 25.10.100, and 25.10.200) resolved several customer-reported issues:

Redline in Email

• Fixed issue where images caused errors in new Outlook
• Resolved bug where the “Change Baseline” button was unresponsive
• Fixed redline corruption due to sentinel values in email formatting
• Fixed issue where comparison results opened in the wrong tab

Excel & PowerPoint

• Resolved issue where Excel redlines produced corrupt **.xlsx** outputs
• Fixed PowerPoint redlines failing due to unsupported gradient colors
• Addressed layout issues caused by table column handling errors

File handling and UI

• Fixed filename collisions when exporting redline files with similar names
• Prevented pre-processing errors caused by invalid output types
• Resolved bug where numbering in RTF redlines was incorrect
• Addressed dialog box text cutoff issues in the Draftable Viewer

Integrations

• Resolved issue affecting NetDocuments comparisons triggered via Draftable Word Add-in when filenames contained special characters
• Fixed bug in 25.10.100 that caused iManage tenant switching to fail in some environments
• Fixed issue where emailing redlines directly from Draftable caused an error
• Fixed crash when comparing text input vs text file
• Fixed failure of “copy” command in Redline in Email feature