Summarize any document or webpage in under a minute

Step-by-step walkthrough

1. 1

   For a PDF or Word doc

   Open the document. Select all text (Ctrl+A), copy, and paste into ChatGPT or Copilot with this prompt:

   💬 Prompt to use:

   Summarize this document in:
   - 3 sentence executive summary
   - 5 key bullet points
   - Any action items or decisions mentioned
   
   [paste document text here]

2. 2

   For a webpage

   Copy the article text (skip nav and ads), or use the "Ask Copilot" button in Edge browser, or paste the URL into a tool that supports web browsing like ChatGPT Plus.

3. 3

   Ask follow-up questions

   After the summary, you can ask: "What are the risks mentioned?" or "What data supports the main argument?" — the AI already has the context.

   💡 Pro tip: For very long documents, summarize section by section and then ask: "Combine these section summaries into one overall summary."
4. 4

   Verify critical facts

   Always check any numbers, dates, or proper nouns against the original. AI occasionally hallucinates details in long documents.