
Legal File Search With Advanced Filters and AI METADATA
Find what you need with lightning-fast search & filtering.
Even with millions of documents, find exactly what you’re looking for in seconds — including images and PDFs. That’s the power of NetDocuments legal file searching.

All your content, instantly searchable.
Filter for specifics

When you’re looking for something specific, NetDocuments legal file search has advanced search parameters and filtering to help you zero in on the correct file.
Find images & PDFs

Have non-searchable images and files in your DMS? Finding them is easy with optical character recognition (OCR). This simple yet powerful tool digitizes all your content so it’s fully indexed and searchable.
Auto-profile documents with AI

Instead of manually tagging files, use AI to instantly get faster and richer metadata. AI-powered auto-profiling can automatically identify nuanced details about a document and enrich the profile card, making it easier to find in the future within the legal document management platform.
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CUStomer Story
Discovering gold in the DMS with robust legal file search
Searching scanned documents is just one part of NetDocuments’ extensive search capabilities — but for legalmatters, it paid off. While reconciling paper-based payments, the firm discovered sums of money that had gone unaccounted for. Going digital has had many benefits for their team.


Customer Story
Shrinking search time from “hours or longer” to “lightning fast”
At Ruder Ware, making the switch to NetDocuments had immediate impact, especially when it came to finding needed files. “Where our previous DMS seemed to get in the way, NetDocuments is there where and when we need it to be,” says Nicholas Leininger, IT Operations Director at Ruder Ware.
CUStomer Story
Gaining confidence from quick, precise search
Before switching to NetDocuments, firm staff at Richard and Richard struggled to find what they needed. But with NetDocuments “extremely quick” legal file search, the team has “confidence knowing that [they’ll] always find the most current version,” says legal administrator Gary Smith.

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