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    Returns document settings for a specific project including… Reference for
    the GET /projects/{id}/document-settings endpoint in the Leadtime Public API
    API.
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  label: Get project document settings
title: Get project document settings
type: openapi-operation
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Returns document settings for a specific project including current values and inherited defaults from organization/workspace hierarchy.

**What are Project Document Settings?**
Project document settings control formatting options and contact information for automatically generated documents such as proposals, contracts, requirement specifications, and other project documents. These settings can override organization/workspace defaults on a per-project basis, allowing you to customize document appearance and structure for specific projects.

**Settings Overview:**
- **Title Page**: Controls whether generated documents include a title page
- **Table of Contents**: Determines if an automatically generated table of contents is embedded (especially helpful for long documents)
- **Heading Style**: Controls the numbering and formatting of headings (Normal, Sequential, SequentialFromSecondLevel, SequentialWithParagraphs)
- **Default Contact Person**: Sets the contact person automatically when creating new documents (useful for recurring offer processes and automated preambles)

**Inheritance System:**
Settings support a three-level inheritance hierarchy:
1. **Project-level settings**: Project-specific overrides (null = inherit from organization)
2. **Organization-level defaults**: Organization-specific defaults (null = inherit from workspace)
3. **Workspace-level defaults**: Global workspace defaults

The response includes both current project values and the inherited defaults from the organization/workspace hierarchy. Null values in current settings indicate that the project inherits from organization/workspace defaults. The "*Default" fields show what values are inherited when project settings are null.

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