D3 Features and Benefits

Enables a document author to create high-quality documents in his most familiar environment — With D3, a document author can assemble content and properly format a document without ever leaving Microsoft Word or Outlook. D3 works within the Task Pane, so workspace is logically shared with and unobtrusive to Word.

Simplifies the document creation workflow — All D3 functions are available from a single button click, double button click, right button click or drag & drop. Confusing dialog boxes and application-hopping tied to document creation are eliminated.

Accelerates access to content throughout the organization — A document author no longer has to spend time searching for the right content that is often buried within other documents; rights-enabled users can easily locate and use content of any size; from small sections and clauses to fully completed documents.

Facilitates the use of consistent content and branding across the organization — Content can be easily managed at the enterprise, work group and individual levels. Business decisions (e.g., logo or address change, adding an office) that used to take weeks to reflect in newly created documents can now be implemented within minutes. Single content changes are propagated across multiple document sets.

Consolidates vendors and reduces IT costs — D3 eliminates the need for third party templates and document assembly solutions. There's no need to rely on IT staff to create, support and troubleshoot templates. Working through the painstaking process of updating templates is no longer required.

Harnesses all of a firm's data into its documents — Allows easy access to information from disparate databases and from different lines of business. Data can be pulled into a document dynamically and can be conditionally driven.

Reduces the risk of bad metadata — A document author no longer sources content from legacy work product, so the perils of 'Save-As' and duplicate are eliminated.

Minimizes the training time needed for document authoring — D3's intuitive interface means a rapid learning curve tied to content and formatting for both experienced and new employees.

Eases application integration and deployment — Because D3's underlying technology is based on native Microsoft technology, it's easy for an IT department to integrate and deploy D3.

Eliminates the wait for third party vendor support of the newest Microsoft Office platform — D3 uses native Word functionality and technologies, eliminating the annoying wait for third party template and document assembly vendors to catch up and support a new release of Microsoft Word.