Document OS for municipalities, school boards & government.
The institutional Document OS for formal paper: Word-class letters, Direct-MX email send (TLS · DKIM · live monitor), FOIP burned-in redaction, USA or Canada host locale — or self-host with full source. Same engineering as Legal Office Suite 2002 — scoped for cities, boards, and agencies.
Demo → Pilot → License → Paper
How municipalities, boards, and agencies typically buy — not a free-community download.
Timed evaluation
~90 min browser-only. Clerk, FOIP desk, or IT — no install.
USD $2,995 · 30 days
5 seats. Credits to annual. Often a direct PO.
Hosted or self-host
US or CA locale · Edu $12k · Muni/Corp $18k · Self-host $60k+.
Procurement
Invoice · multi-quote · sole-source language · software@westnet.ca
Typical first buy: Department Pilot under a small PO · then annual hosted (Edu / Muni / Corp) or self-host source. Sales: software@westnet.ca
Draft. Redact. Send. Done.
No desktop fleet. Letters, FOIP PDF, Direct-MX email — one browser product. Hosted USA or Canada, or self-host with source.
Before
Word templates that break · Acrobat licenses per seat · redaction that is just a black box · “where does the file live?”
After → One Document OS: letter + FOIP PDF + Direct-MX send + named SKU.
Procurement path
Timed demo → Department Pilot (USD $2,995 / 30d) → annual hosted or self-host. Invoice on software@westnet.ca.
Often starts as a small PO under department threshold.
Built for formal paper, not chat apps
Clerk offices, board secretariats, FOIP teams, compliance — desks that ship formal paper every week.
Cities & counties
Council letters, bylaw notices, FOIP packages. Named Municipal hosted SKU. Host locale USA or Canada.
School boards & colleges
Parent / guardian letters, student privacy redaction, multi-school seats. Education annual from USD $12,000.
Agencies & ministries
Program notices, inter-agency PDF, self-host when policy demands source control. Pilot first if needed.
Letters that look official
Branded letterhead, multi-page drafts, print-ready PDF — without fighting Word templates every time.
- Identity per department
- FOIP-safe export path
- PO-friendly SKU
Privacy-first packages
Burned-in redaction for student and staff disclosures. Browser only — no desktop install campaign.
- Education hosted seats
- Bates / stamp / flatten
- ~90 min evaluation demo
Host locale or self-host
Pick USA or Canada managed hosting — or buy source and run on your network. Clean code, no adware path.
- Full source option
- Air-gap capable self-host
- software@westnet.ca
Timed evaluation — Word, PDF & Send
~90 min browser-only · full product path · not free tools at /learning/office/
Letters & notices
Ribbon, multi-page, letterhead (licensed), print & PDF export — clerk-ready formal paper.
Disclosure tools
Sign, stamp, Bates, merge, flatten — and FOIP redaction burned into pixels.
~90 min evaluation
Browser only. No install. Then pilot or annual license via checkout.
What you open every day
Workspace, letters, PDF tools, FOIP redaction, open/libraries, send path — click any frame to enlarge.
UI stills + document samples · click to enlarge full frame · demos open the real apps
When 365 + Acrobat is not enough
Keep Microsoft for mail and meetings. Use this when paper must look official, send clean, and survive FOIP.
Institutional letters
Branded formal paper — not a chat draft or broken Word template.
Direct-MX from Word
TLS · DKIM · live monitor. Not export-then-Outlook.
Burned-in redaction
Pixels destroyed. Overlay black boxes fail audits.
PO-ready SKUs
Pilot · Edu · Muni · Corp · Self-host. USA or Canada host.
Everything in the package
One Document OS: Word, PDF, Direct-MX send, FOIP — built for the buy.
- Office-style ribbon — Home, Insert, Layout, Review, PDF
- Multi-page formal letters & notices
- Branded letterhead (licensed identities)
- Tables, find/replace, styles, fonts
- Print-ready + letter → PDF
- Clean Word paste & clipboard
- Desktop & mobile browser
- Acrobat-class tools in the browser
- Sign · initials · stamps · date
- Bates numbering & watermarks
- Merge · split · extract · reorder
- Flatten for disclosure packages
- Whiteout / annotate / highlight
- Works with the letter workflow
- Direct-MX · TLS · DKIM from Word
- Live Send Monitor (stage log)
- To / CC · priority · receipts
- Attach letter-PDF + exhibits
- Institutional From profiles
- Send history on the file
- Demo walks the path · live send on license
- Burned-in redaction — pixels destroyed
- Not a movable black-box overlay
- Student / staff / citizen disclosure
- Pairs with Bates, stamp, flatten
- Audit-minded export path
- DOCX · DOC · RTF · ODT · PDF · HTML · TXT
- Open / libraries · import path
- Department seats & notice templates
- LIVE multi-user path (licensed core)
- Image resize · clean paste
- Zero install — browser only
- Host locale: USA or Canada
- Self-host + full source option
- Named SKUs for the PO line
- Pilot $2,995 / 30d · credits to annual
- Invoice · multi-quote · software@westnet.ca
- Same DNA as Legal Office Suite 2002
Evaluation demo includes Word, PDF, Send UI, and FOIP tools. Word demo · PDF demo · Email sender · Checkout
Direct-MX · TLS · DKIM — from the Word processor
Compose the letter, attach PDF + exhibits, send with a live delivery monitor — not export-then-Outlook.
Licensed: production Direct-MX from your host / branded identity. Demo: full UI + live monitor simulation · software@westnet.ca
Burned-in redaction
Pixels replaced — not a movable black box. FOIP, student privacy, disclosure packages that must survive scrutiny.
Original text is destroyed at the pixel level. Flattened PDF carries no recoverable overlay — the standard cities and boards need for FOIP / student privacy.
- Original glyphs destroyed at export
- Flattened PDF for disclosure packages
- Works with Bates, stamp, and sign tools
Source · locale · clean code
What IT and risk actually ask before a city or board signs a PO.
Full source option
Self-host from USD $60,000: unobfuscated code you can audit.
USA or Canada
Pick host locale — or run on your network.
No spyware
No adware, no hidden agents, no telemetry backdoors.
Procurement language
Browser · host locale · FOIP · named SKUs.
No desktop fleet
Zero MSI push. Clerk machines stay standard.
USA or Canada
Host residency is a checkbox at order — not a custom project.
Burned-in redact
Pixel destroy, not overlay. Disclosure packages that hold up.
Named packages
Pilot · Edu · Muni · Corp · Self-host — prices fit a PO line.
Self-host or WestNet-hosted
USA or Canada host locale · named SKUs · live checkout below · invoice via software@westnet.ca
Self-Hosted License
- Complete unobfuscated source
- On-prem or private cloud
- Letter + PDF suite
- No spyware / backdoors
- Install guidance · year-1 support path
WestNet-Hosted
- Host locale: USA or Canada — choose where your instance lives at order time
- Fully managed: we operate, patch, back up, and monitor
- Education up to 50 seats · Municipal / Corporate up to 25
- Branded letterhead & institutional identities
- Same clean codebase as self-host (no spyware / backdoors)
- PO & multi-quote supported · pilot $2,995 / 30 days
Department Pilot
USD $2,995 · 30 days · 5 seats. Credits toward annual. Often bought on a small PO.
Education / Municipal / Corporate
From USD $12,000/yr. USA or Canada host locale. Managed patching & backups.
Self-host source
From USD $60,000. Your network, full source, air-gap capable. Year-1 support path.
Indicative USD. Multi-office & government procurement available. Courts/firms: Legal Office Suite 2002. Purchase: software@westnet.ca · (403) 774-7470
Institutional checkout
Select a package below — the plan field updates live (no page reload). Card, Interac, invoice / PO via software@westnet.ca · (403) 774-7470
Pick package
Cards update the plan field live — no reload.
Complete checkout
Card / Interac / invoice path as offered on the form.
Or PO
Email software@westnet.ca with SKU · we invoice.
Go live
Hosted US/CA or self-host onboarding from sales.
Click a package to load it into the form — no page reload.
Secure WestNet checkout · named institutional SKUs · sales on software@westnet.ca (not legal@)
Prefer a purchase order? Use the invoice link above or email the SKU to software@westnet.ca — multi-quote packages available.
Formal paper without the mess
Evaluation demo in the browser. Pilot on a small PO. Annual hosted in USA or Canada, or self-host with full source. One sales inbox: software@westnet.ca
Quick answers
Does the Word demo include the email sender?
Yes. In the Office Suite 2026 evaluation demo, open Send on the ribbon (Direct-MX · TLS · DKIM dialog + Live Send Monitor). You can walk the full delivery path. Live mail relay ships with a paid license — the demo simulates MX/TLS/DKIM stages so you can evaluate without an open relay. Free Learning Office at /learning/office/ does not include Send.
Office Suite vs Microsoft 365 + Acrobat?
365 is general productivity across the whole org. This is a Document OS for formal institutional paper — branded letters, FOIP burned-in redaction, US/CA host locale or self-host source, named SKUs a buyer can put on a PO. Keep 365 for email; use this for disclosure-grade paper.
USA or Canada hosting?
WestNet-hosted: pick USA or Canada locale when you order. Self-host: your network, full unobfuscated source from USD $60,000. Data residency is a procurement checkbox — we treat it as one.
Pricing snapshot?
Pilot USD $2,995 / 30 days · Education hosted from USD $12,000/yr · Municipal/Corporate USD $18,000/yr · Self-host from USD $60,000. Invoice & multi-quote: software@westnet.ca
vs Legal Office Suite 2002?
Same core. Legal Suite = courts & firms. Office Suite 2026 = cities, boards, agencies — evaluation demo + institutional checkout. Legal Suite →
How does procurement usually buy?
Many boards and cities buy a Department Pilot on a direct PO under small-purchase thresholds, then expand to annual hosted or self-host after a 30-day trial. We support multi-quote packages and sole-source language when your policy allows.
What is the evaluation demo?
Browser-only Word and PDF demos under /learning/Office-Suite-2026/ — ~90 minutes, no install. Free community tools at /learning/office/ are a different product path.
Who owns the software after purchase?
Hosted: WestNet operates the instance; you own your documents and branding. Self-host: you get full source and run it on your network — audit-ready, air-gap capable.
How many seats on hosted plans?
Education hosted is packaged up to 50 seats. Municipal and Corporate hosted up to 25 seats. Pilot is 5 seats / 30 days. Need more? Email software@westnet.ca for a custom quote.
Is support included?
Hosted plans include managed operation (patch, backup, monitor). Self-host includes a year-1 support path and install guidance. Ongoing support packages available after year 1.
Start the evaluation or buy a package
~90 min browser demo · package checkout · or private demo from software@westnet.ca.
Book a private demonstration
Municipality, school board, agency, or enterprise — seats, self-host vs hosted, host locale (USA or Canada). Reply from software@westnet.ca within one business day. Or start the browser evaluation / pilot checkout now.
Office Suite 2026 - Department Pilot (30 days) - $2,995.00
A WestNet software advisor will schedule a private demo and prepare pilot / annual / self-host options.