# What?

### **What is Summarise?**

Summarise lets you create a concise overview of selected text. You can select text directly in your Word document or paste text into it, then click the blue Summarise button to get a summary.

You can also upload files such as Word documents and PDFs to summarise their content quickly.

By default, summaries are simple, short paragraphs. But you can also create more structured summaries like per clause or per timeline.

Using the Configure option, you can create custom summary types. For example, you can set up a summary formatted as a table with columns for Date, Parties, and Content based on the selected or uploaded text.

This feature helps you quickly extract key information from long documents in a format that suits your needs.

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