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Composer is the chat surface inside the LOIS for Word add-in. You can ask questions, draft language, and kick off a full agent review of the open document, all from the composer chat.

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Approval modes

Approval modes control how much LOIS does on its own before checking with you. Select a mode from the approval menu, or press Shift+Tab while the prompt is focused to cycle through them.
  • Ask before edits — LOIS proposes each edit and waits for your approval before applying it.
  • Edit automatically — LOIS applies edits to the document as it works.
  • Plan — LOIS writes a plan for you to review and approve before it changes the document.
Plan mode suits larger drafting tasks, where correcting the approach up front beats unpicking a finished draft. See Plan mode for how to review, refine, and approve a plan before LOIS drafts.

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Starting an agent review from Composer

If you describe a review-style task in Composer, LOIS for Word can run an agent review on the open document and return findings inline in the chat. Examples of prompts that trigger an agent review:
  • “Review this contract”
  • “Review this from the perspective of the licensee”
  • “Run a review focused on data protection and indemnification”
The message you send becomes the prompt for the agent run, so any context or perspective you include is carried through to the review.
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Open Composer

Open the LOIS for Word add-in to the Composer tab.
Composer Tab Open
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Describe the review

Type a review request in plain language. Include the perspective, focus areas, or concerns you want the agent to weigh.
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Send the message

Send the message as you would any chat. LOIS recognizes the review intent and starts an agent run against the open document.
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Review the findings

The agent’s findings appear in the chat as they stream in. You can apply suggested edits, ask follow-up questions, or revise the review with another message.
Agent Review Response

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Editing numbered and bulleted lists

You can ask LOIS for Word to modify an automatic numbered or bulleted list in the open document, and it edits the list items directly instead of inserting plain text. Examples of prompts:
  • “Add a new item after the second bullet”
  • “Reorder these outline items”
  • “Reformat this list to use Roman numerals”
  • “Remove the third numbered item”
LOIS preserves your paragraph styles and the list’s numbering scheme as it makes these changes, so the list stays consistent rather than losing its formatting.

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Inline paragraph insertions

When LOIS for Word proposes a short addition of one to five paragraphs, it inserts them as non-blocking in-thread redlines rather than opening the OOXML approval popup. You can review and accept these additions in the thread alongside its other proposed changes, without interrupting your flow for a separate approval step. Inlineparagraphinsertion Paragraph-indexed edits are also resilient to nearby document drift, so a proposed edit still targets the right paragraph even when adding new paragraphs shifts the surrounding indices.

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When to use Composer vs the Playbook tab

  • Use the Playbook tab when you want a structured pass/fail review against a specific playbook’s checks.
  • Use Composer for ad-hoc questions, drafting, and free-form agent reviews scoped by the prompt you write.
See Agent Review for more on how agent reviews work, and the Composer guide for the rest of the Composer surface.