Edit Research Drafts in the Same DOCX Workspace as Drafts

What changed

Editable drafts produced from Research now open inside the same DOCX-based editing workspace used by Drafts. Instead of one editing experience for Drafts and a different one for research-generated documents, both now converge on the same document surface. The result is that formatting, revision flow, keyboard interaction, and DOCX export behave consistently no matter how the draft was created.

This also improves how longer documents feel in practice. The editor now spends less space on surrounding chrome, keeps drawers and controls reachable while you work, and makes it easier to stay focused on the document itself. Accessibility improvements landed alongside the shared surface, so the same workspace is easier to navigate by keyboard and clearer to operate throughout a longer editing session.

How to use it

1. Generate an editable draft from Research, or open an existing draft from the Drafts workspace.
2. The document opens in the shared DOCX editor.
3. Edit the draft as you normally would. The same workspace now handles research-generated drafts and ordinary Draft documents.
4. Export to DOCX from the editor when you want a Word document to circulate outside Niyam.
5. Return to the draft later from either Research or Drafts and continue in the same document surface.

Why it matters

When two routes produce documents but each opens in a different editor, the work of remembering which controls live where becomes part of drafting. That friction is small on the first edit and larger on the tenth. A single editing surface removes that context switch. If you know how to work in one Niyam draft, you now know how to work in the other.

It also makes document fidelity easier to trust. The same editor that shows the draft is the one that owns the DOCX export path, so the editing and export experience are aligned instead of stitched together across separate surfaces. For legal drafting, that consistency matters because formatting, numbering, and spacing are part of the finished work, not cosmetic extras.

Good to know

• Research-generated editable drafts and ordinary Draft documents now share the same DOCX editor.
• DOCX export continues to work directly from the editor.
• Accessibility and layout improvements shipped together with the shared editing surface, so keyboard use and control discovery are better than before.
• Existing drafts do not need to be migrated manually. Open them normally and they use the updated workspace.