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Personalize a contract for each person automatically

When you send the same agreement to ten, fifty, or two hundred people, editing a Word file one at a time doesn't scale — and every manual copy is a chance to paste the wrong name or fee into a signed document. The fix is to separate the document that stays the same from the data that changes, and let a tool combine them. Here's how.

The idea: template + data, kept apart

One Word template holds your fixed text with placeholders for the variable parts. One spreadsheet holds the variable parts — a row per person, a column per placeholder. Combine them and you get a personalized document for everyone on the list, without touching the template again.

How it works, step by step

  1. Step 1

    Prepare the template

    Add {{placeholders}} to your .docx wherever a value changes per person — name, fee, dates, deliverables.

  2. Step 2

    List everyone in a spreadsheet

    One row per person; one column per placeholder. The header names line up with your placeholders.

  3. Step 3

    Map and preview

    Match each placeholder to a column and preview a real document from the first row before generating.

  4. Step 4

    Generate the batch

    Download one personalized, correctly named .docx per row, bundled in a single ZIP.

Why this beats editing by hand

  • Minutes for a whole batch instead of an afternoon of copy-paste.
  • One clean file per person, named automatically — not a single merged document.
  • No typos slipping into signed contracts.
  • Reuse the template next time — just swap in a new spreadsheet.

For the hands-on version with a spreadsheet, see how to generate contracts from Excel. If you haven't set up the template yet, start with adding placeholders to a Word template.

Personalize your first batch

Upload a template, load your list, and download a personalized contract for everyone. Free to try, no credit card required.

Frequently asked questions

What do I need to personalize contracts automatically?

Two things: a Word (.docx) template with placeholders for the parts that change, and a spreadsheet (Excel or CSV) with one row per person and a column for each placeholder.

Do all the contracts have to be identical?

The clauses stay the same; the details differ per row. Each person gets the same agreement with their own name, fee, dates, and deliverables filled in.

How do I get separate files instead of one big document?

A dedicated generator outputs one personalized .docx per row and names each file from a column you choose, so you get a clean, labeled file per person — not a single merged document.