Create an instant summary of a Doc's content. 

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Summarize with Brain AI

Learn more ways you can use Brain to manage Docs written by others and write Docs.

You can also use Brain to summarize recent task activity and create task progress updates. And you can generate summaries and updates using AI Fields.

Summarize an entire Doc

To summarize an entire Doc:

1. Open a Doc that has written content.
   • Summarize doesn't work if there is no text or fewer than ten words.
2. In the upper-right corner, click the Ask button.
3. Select Summarize.
4. Brain provides a summary of the entire Doc. 

Summarize part of a Doc

1. Open a Doc that has written content.
   • Summarize doesn't work if there is no text or fewer than ten words.
2. Highlight the relevant text. 
3. From the toolbar, click Edit.
4. Select Summarize.
5. Brain provides a summary of the selected text. 

• Ask Brain to edit or write: Start typing in this text field to provide AI more direction or ask AI something new.
• Replace with this answer: Replace the original text with AI's answer. 
• Insert below: Click to paste the content below the original text.
• Copy: Copy the text to paste it into another location manually.
• Save & continue in Ask AI: Continue your conversation in a dedicated sidebar.
• Back: Return to the Edit menu.