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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.
Managing Document Templates
Create and configure templates for your documents.
Template Variables Reference
Complete list of available variables for your templates.
Generating Documents from Templates
Create PDFs from your configured templates.
Managing Generated Documents
View, download, and organize your generated documents.
Report Details Tab Overview
Understanding the report writing section of an appraisal.
AI-Enhanced Report Writing
Use AI to transform bullet points into professional report language.
Loss Description Best Practices
Tips for writing effective loss descriptions.
Adjuster's Scope Section
Documenting the carrier's initial scope of work.
Appraisal Proceedings Documentation
Recording the chronology of the appraisal process.
Settlement Negotiations Notes
Recording negotiation discussions and decisions.
Custom Document Templates
Upload your own Word document templates with Carbone tokens for automated document generation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Managing Google Drive Sync
Understand how document syncing works and how to sync existing documents to Google Drive.
Folder Templates
Define a standard folder structure that is automatically created for every new appraisal.
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.
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.