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Documents and imports

Supported file types, scanning and text extraction

PDFs, images and scans, common office documents and exported email are accepted. Every file is scanned for malware, encrypted and converted to searchable text with page references.

Updated 13 October 2026
Early access

The LexSalim application is opening in stages and is not yet available for public sign-in. This article describes how the workspace is designed to work for early-access members; wording and screens may change before general release.

Accepted files

Type Examples Notes
PDF Contracts, letters, statements, scanned bundles Text PDFs are read directly; scanned PDFs are processed page by page.
Images JPEG, PNG and similar photographs or scans Optical character recognition converts them to text. Good lighting and a flat page help accuracy.
Office documents Word, Excel and PowerPoint style files and their open equivalents Converted to text with structure kept where possible.
Email exports Messages exported from a mail client Headers (from, to, date, subject) are kept as metadata; attachments inside the export are processed as separate documents where supported.

If a file type is not accepted, the upload screen says so before anything is stored.

Malware scanning

Every file is scanned on arrival. A file that fails the scan is rejected and never written to the vault. You will see "rejected" against the file with a short reason. If you believe a rejection is wrong, contact support; do not attempt to re-upload a file that was flagged.

Text extraction and page references

Extraction keeps page references, which is what allows a finding to say "page 4, clause 7.2" rather than just quoting text. For scanned documents, extraction quality depends on the scan. Blurry, skewed or low-contrast pages may produce errors; the Case Agent treats extracted text as evidence to be checked, not as fact, and findings based on poor scans are marked for review.

What is not processed

  • Password-protected or encrypted files cannot be read. Remove the protection before uploading.
  • Audio and video are not supported.
  • Executable files and archives are not accepted.

Allowances

Document processing is counted in pages per month against your plan's allowance. Re-processing an existing document (for example after a new version) counts again.

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