Categorize those models within your practice area. The first of these requirements is, oddly, the most difficult to achieve. Studies have proven we now generate more paper, not less, than we did before word processing. The paperless law office is a dream gone bust, no longer held out as a realistic vision. Despite the recent trend toward transmitting documents by e-mail rather than by fax or courier, a printed document is still easier to browse, review and annotate than its electronic equivalent.
Paper remains the absolute standard of execution and enforceability.
But when it comes to document management, the tradition of a paper-based form bank or filing system simply doesn't fill the bill. The greatest challenge is tracking models you obtain externally. To make these drafting gems useful as future examples, however, you need to capture them in your word processor when you first see them. If you receive a document electronically but in a different format from the one you use, your word processor probably can convert it. When you find something useful on the Internet or in a commercial text service, cut and paste the applicable text.