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+**A contract is a legally binding agreement between a Supplier and a Customer over the sale or products or services.**
+
+A contract is legally enforceable because it meets the requirements and approval of the law. An agreement typically involves the exchange of goods, services, money, or promises of any of those.
+
+To access the Contract list, go to:
+> Home > Sales Pipeline > Contract
+
+
+## 1. How to Create a Contract
+1. Go to the Contract list and click on New.
+1. Choose the Customer.
+1. Enter the Contract Terms. A template can also be created for easily fetching the terms.
+1. Save.
+ 
+
+**Party User**: The employee from your Company who is in contact with the Customer.
+
+### 1.1 Statuses
+
+* **Unsigned**: The Contract has not yet been signed by the Customer.
+* **Active**: The Contract has been signed and is active under the Contract Period.
+* **Inactive**: The Contract is out of the Contract Period and not valid anymore.
+
+## 2. Features
+### 2.1 Contract Period
+The Start and End date within which the Contract is valid.
+
+### 2.2 Signee Details
+This section will appear when the 'Signed' checkbox is ticked to indicate that the Customer has signed and accepted the Contract.
+
+
+
+* **Signee**: Enter the name of the person that has signed the Contract.
+* **Signed On**: The date on which the Contract was signed.
+
+### 2.3 Contract Details
+Enter the terms of the Contract in the Contract Terms field. You can create a Contract Template and the template can be selected to fetch the Contract Terms.
+
+### 2.4 Fulfilment Details
+If the Contract requires some fulfilment from the Supplier's (your) end, their details can be recorded in the Fulfilment Terms table.
+
+
+
+* **Requirement**: Enter a requirement that needs to be fulfiled. For example, 'installation'.
+* **Notes**: Any notes about the requirement can be entered here.
+
+### 2.5 Contract Template
+A contract template is a standardized outline of a contract without the specifics involved. You can create a new template by going to:
+
+> Home > CRM > Contract Template
+
+You can create templates by using Jinja. Eg:
+
+```
+The parties enter into this contract on {{ start_date }}.
+```
+
+When you create a new contract using this template, the `{{ start_date }}` is replaced by the date entered into the field of the same name.
+
+
+
+### 2.6 References
+If the Contract can be linked to a transaction in ERPNext. Select the transaction type and the specific transaction. The documents that can be linked are:
+
+* Quotation
+* Project
+* Sales Order
+* Purchase Order
+* Sales Invoice
+* Purchase Invoice
+
+
+
+### 3. Related Topics
+1. [Quotation](/docs/user/manual/en/selling/quotation)
+1. [Purchase Order](/docs/user/manual/en/buying/purchase-order)
+1. [Sales Order](/docs/user/manual/en/selling/sales-order)
+1. [Purchase Receipt](/docs/user/manual/en/stock/purchase-receipt)
+1. [Delivery Note](/docs/user/manual/en/stock/delivery-note)
+1. [Sales Invoice](/docs/user/manual/en/accounts/sales-invoice)
+1. [Purchase Invoice](/docs/user/manual/en/accounts/purchase-invoice)