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Reports & Documents

Carbone templates, AI-enhanced report writing, name presets, folder templates, report primitives, and the PDF→ESX pipeline.

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Document Types

Overview of the different document types you can generate.

Beginner3 min

Managing Document Templates

Create and configure templates for your documents.

Intermediate6 min

Template Variables Reference

Complete list of available variables for your templates.

Advanced8 min

Generating Documents from Templates

Create PDFs from your configured templates.

Beginner4 min

Managing Generated Documents

View, download, and organize your generated documents.

Beginner3 min

Report Details Tab Overview

Understanding the report writing section of an appraisal.

Beginner4 min

AI-Enhanced Report Writing

Use AI to transform bullet points into professional report language.

Intermediate5 min

Loss Description Best Practices

Tips for writing effective loss descriptions.

Intermediate5 min

Adjuster's Scope Section

Documenting the carrier's initial scope of work.

Intermediate4 min

Appraisal Proceedings Documentation

Recording the chronology of the appraisal process.

Intermediate4 min

Settlement Negotiations Notes

Recording negotiation discussions and decisions.

Intermediate4 min

Custom Document Templates

Upload your own Word document templates with Carbone tokens for automated document generation.

Intermediate5 min

Data Tables: Repeating Sections in Your Templates

Define per-appraisal tables (comparison rows, weather events, roof slopes) that loop in your Word templates with auto-totaled currency columns.

Intermediate12 min

Narrative Snippets: Reusable Boilerplate Prose

Define reusable paragraph templates with embedded tokens. Write the boilerplate once, fill it per appraisal, ship it in any number of Word templates.

Intermediate10 min

Computed Defaults: Auto-Fill Custom Fields

Make a custom field auto-compute its value from a Data Table cell or by aggregating other custom fields. The user can still type a value to override.

Advanced11 min

Master Templates: One Template, Many Variations

Build one Word template with every possible section, then enable only the relevant ones per appraisal. Disabled sections drop out of the rendered PDF.

Advanced9 min

Managing Google Drive Sync

Understand how document syncing works and how to sync existing documents to Google Drive.

Intermediate5 min

Folder Templates

Define a standard folder structure that is automatically created for every new appraisal.

Beginner4 min

Estimate Extraction: PDF to ESX Pipeline

Convert insurance estimate PDFs into Xactimate ESX files. Walk through the 6-phase matching funnel, OCR detection, the math validator, and how the corrections loop trains future matches.

Intermediate6 min

Report Primitives: Data Tables, Snippets, and Computed Defaults

A beginner-friendly tour of the three building blocks AwardLettr uses to compose reports: data tables for structured sections, narrative snippets for reusable prose, and computed defaults for auto-filled fields.

Advanced7 min
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