When faced with very broad requests for access to undefined documents, the Ombudsman acknowledges that it may be necessary for an institution to check many documents. In order to direct applicants to documents that are useful to them, it may be acceptable for the institution to provide partial access to the relevant parts of a document, in order to assist applicants and enhance transparency. However, it is important that such an approach does not lead to abuse of Regulation 1049/2001. In particular, it should not lead to the evasion of the requirement to fully justify any non-disclosure of a requested document. If an applicant, after receiving partial access, insists on obtaining a document in its entirety,that should be provided to the applicant, unless the institution shows that an exception set out in Article 4 applies to all or part of the document.