You've never worked with a law firm have you (either as a client or internally).
Two words: Tracked Changes
Everyone knows how Word tracked changes works. Especially lawyers and their clients.
Beyond the above. Formatting. Firms will have have substancial know-how in Word formatting. Sure the contract is about the words, but when you present it to the client, it is all nicely formatted in a standardised format.
It’s not just clients and nice formatting. Courts can be very specific in what they will accept. If court rules say an appellate brief can be no more than 50 pages, it damn well not be presented with more than 50 pages, and lawyers will want to use every available word they can get into that 50 pages.
Two words: Tracked Changes
Everyone knows how Word tracked changes works. Especially lawyers and their clients.
Beyond the above. Formatting. Firms will have have substancial know-how in Word formatting. Sure the contract is about the words, but when you present it to the client, it is all nicely formatted in a standardised format.