Here’s the final section of an NDA, as a typical example: The majority of these attachments are Word documents, in which, when I try to input, the formatting breaks down and I have to spend time tidying things up.

I receive as attachments to emails contracts, NDAs and other documents that require I fill them in and email them back.

Particularly those knocked up without much thought and care, or without full understanding of the proper use of Word. Unfortunately, it’s too often necessary to spend time making wholesale edits to a document before applying correct techniques to improve its appearance and serviceability. That’s particulary the case when strings of spaces, for example, have been used by the author instead of properly applying suitable formatting. Re-formatting to improve layout of a document by adjusting “white space” can be a chore. How to remove and replace characters in a document, including those originally intended for setting layout and formatting. (e) Removing Unwanted Characters and Space in Microsoft ® Word Documents