<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
is	O
a	O
document	O
automation	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
document	O
generation	O
or	O
document	O
assembly	O
)	O
software	O
company	O
currently	O
owned	O
by	O
AbacusNext	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0	O
of	O
HotDocs	B-Application
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
transforms	O
documents	O
and	O
graphical	O
(	O
PDF	O
)	O
forms	O
into	O
document-generation	O
templates	O
and	O
deploys	O
of	O
these	O
templates	O
to	O
various	O
server	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Document	O
modeling	O
in	O
HotDocs	B-Application
can	O
range	O
from	O
variable	O
insertions	O
to	O
the	O
formation	O
and	O
insertions	O
of	O
complex	O
,	O
computed	O
variables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
other	O
scripting	O
instructions	O
and	O
sets	O
of	O
pre-packaged	O
functions	O
using	O
boolean	O
logic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
also	O
enables	O
system	O
architects	O
to	O
create	O
custom	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
use	O
,	O
a	O
HotDocs	B-Application
template	O
queries	O
the	O
user	O
for	O
the	O
information	O
necessary	O
to	O
generate	O
a	O
document	O
(	O
or	O
set	O
of	O
documents	O
)	O
and	O
saves	O
the	O
information	O
in	O
an	O
answer	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HotDocs	B-Application
technology	O
stack	O
includes	O
a	O
logic	O
core	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
development	O
tools	O
,	O
platforms	O
for	O
deploying	O
intelligent	O
templates	O
in	O
any	O
environment	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
user-layer	O
technologies	O
(	O
web	O
applications	O
for	O
consuming	O
HotDocs	B-Application
templates	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
base	O
of	O
the	O
HotDocs	B-Application
stack	O
is	O
a	O
logic	O
core	O
,	O
which	O
consists	O
of	O
1	O
million+	O
lines	O
of	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
logic	O
core	O
enables	O
HotDocs	B-Application
to	O
handle	O
the	O
modeling	O
complexities	O
of	O
documents	O
and	O
forms	O
of	O
any	O
complexity	O
and	O
any	O
length	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
Developer	O
is	O
a	O
document-generation-process-modelling	O
environment	O
that	O
allows	O
a	O
system	O
architect	O
to	O
build	O
business	O
logic	O
into	O
a	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
Developer	O
,	O
likewise	O
,	O
allows	O
a	O
system	O
architect	O
to	O
design	O
interviews	O
(	O
sequences	O
of	O
interactive	O
data-gathering	O
forms	O
)	O
that	O
gather	O
all	O
the	O
information	O
necessary	O
to	O
generate	O
the	O
underlying	O
document	O
or	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
Developer	O
works	O
within	O
commercially	O
available	O
word	O
processors	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
Word	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
development	O
environment	O
for	O
the	O
automation	O
of	O
PDF-based	O
graphical	O
forms	O
(	O
fields	O
,	O
checkboxes	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
allows	O
for	O
shared	O
components	O
among	O
any	O
number	O
of	O
documents	O
,	O
meaning	O
all	O
the	O
Word	O
documents	O
,	O
WordPerfect	O
documents	O
,	O
and	O
PDF-based	O
forms	O
in	O
a	O
set	O
can	O
be	O
generated	O
from	O
a	O
single	O
answer	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HotDocs	B-Application
stack	O
includes	O
platforms	O
for	O
desktop	O
,	O
client/server	O
(	O
on-premises	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
cloud	O
deployment	O
of	O
HotDocs	B-Application
document-generation	O
templates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
third-party	O
developers	O
build	O
their	O
own	O
technologies	O
on	O
the	O
HotDocs	B-Application
desktop	O
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
Cloud	B-Architecture
Services	I-Architecture
is	O
a	O
multi-tenant	O
,	O
cloud	O
version	O
of	O
HotDocs	B-Application
Server	O
designed	O
for	O
enterprises	O
that	O
want	O
to	O
forego	O
the	O
upfront	O
cost	O
and	O
upkeep	O
of	O
HotDocs	B-Application
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
provides	O
multiple	O
off-the-shelf	O
applications	O
for	O
using	O
HotDocs	B-Application
templates	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
standard	O
desktop	O
application	O
and	O
several	O
browser	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
is	O
now	O
HotDocs	B-Application
Corporation	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
research	O
project	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1970s	O
at	O
Brigham	O
Young	O
University	O
Law	O
School	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
the	O
technology	O
was	O
re-birthed	O
as	O
HotDocs	B-Application
,	O
a	O
Windows-based	O
version	O
that	O
reflected	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
feature	O
sets	O
from	O
the	O
old	O
VAX	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1	O
of	O
HotDocs	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
HotDocs	B-Application
Corporation	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Matthew	O
Bender	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
Corporation	O
became	O
the	O
property	O
of	O
LexisNexis	O
in	O
1999	O
when	O
LexisNexis	O
bought	O
Matthew	O
Bender	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Capsoft	O
UK	O
,	O
the	O
largest	O
independent	O
reseller	O
of	O
HotDocs	B-Application
software	O
,	O
bought	O
the	O
HotDocs	B-Application
business	O
from	O
LexisNexis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2011	O
,	O
HotDocs	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
its	O
software	O
would	O
be	O
deployed	O
to	O
15,000	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Department	O
of	O
Justice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
HotDocs	B-Application
released	O
HotDocs	B-Application
Document	O
Services	O
,	O
a	O
software-as-a-service	O
(	O
SaaS	O
)	O
application	O
designed	O
to	O
extend	O
browser-based	O
document	O
generation	O
to	O
small-to-medium-sized	O
law	O
firms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
has	O
recently	O
launched	O
HotDocs	B-Application
Author	O
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
still	O
retaining	O
HotDocs	B-Application
Developer	O
and	O
User	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
HotDocs	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
AbacusNext	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
Developer	O
—	O
used	O
to	O
transform	O
documents	O
and	O
forms	O
into	O
templates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
User	O
—	O
a	O
desktop	O
application	O
for	O
organizing	O
and	O
accessing	O
templates	O
built	O
with	O
HotDocs	B-Application
Developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
Server	O
—	O
designed	O
for	O
server-based	O
deployment	O
of	O
HotDocs	B-Application
templates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HotDocs	B-Application
Cloud	B-Architecture
Services	I-Architecture
—	O
launched	O
in	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
SaaS	O
(	O
Software-as-a-Service	O
)	O
product	O
which	O
allows	O
law	O
firms	O
and	O
other	O
entities	O
already	O
using	O
HotDocs	B-Application
to	O
transition	O
from	O
the	O
desktop	O
to	O
the	O
internet	O
for	O
document	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
