Upload a PDF and get a smart, structured summary — pick from 7 summary types, choose a length, then export or ask follow-up questions about the document.
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Supported Formats
PDF in — copy text, or download as TXT, Markdown, PDF, or Word.
Common Uses
•Getting the gist of a long research paper or report before deciding whether to read it fully
•Preparing quick revision notes or exam-style questions from a textbook chapter or lecture PDF
•Briefing a colleague on a document's key points, risks, or action items without sending the whole file
•Getting a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of a long report or book to navigate straight to the part you need
💡 Pro Tip
For a document with distinct chapters or sections, try Chapter Summary — it gives you one focused summary per chapter instead of blending everything into a single overview. Once you have a summary, use "Ask this document" to look up a specific detail instead of re-reading the source.
Cleans, chunks, and summarizes a text-based PDF with AI — pick from 7 summary types (Smart, Executive, Bullet, Study Notes, Key Insights, Action Items, Chapter), a length, and optional focus areas, then export or ask follow-up questions about the document.
When to use this
Use this when you need to quickly understand a long report, textbook, contract, or article without reading every page — for revision, briefing someone else, deciding whether a document is worth reading in full, or looking something specific up in it afterward.
Step-by-step workflow
1Upload your PDF Text and page boundaries are extracted directly in your browser first — only that extracted text is sent to the AI, never the file itself. Documents over 40 pages let you choose a specific page range before generating.
2Pick a summary type and length Smart Summary (overview + key points + numbers + dates + action items + takeaway), Executive Summary (a fixed 300–500 word narrative), Bullet Summary, Study Notes, Key Insights, Action Items, or Chapter Summary (one summary per detected chapter/section). Short, Medium, or Detailed length applies to every type except Executive and Chapter.
3Optionally focus the summary Check any of the focus areas (Financial figures, Risks, Recommendations, Important dates, Definitions, Timeline, People mentioned, Exam-style notes) to have the AI prioritize that content.
4Generate, then export or ask questions Copy the result, or download it as TXT, Markdown, PDF, or Word — then use "Ask this document" to ask follow-up questions grounded in the summary (and, when needed, the original text).
Tips for best results
✓This works best on genuinely text-based PDFs — reports, articles, contracts, and textbooks typed or exported directly into a document.
✓If your PDF is a scan or photo of a document (no selectable text), use Smart AI Converter or OCR PDF instead.
✓Chapter Summary only appears when the document actually has detectable chapter or section headings — for documents without clear headings, Smart Summary or Study Notes usually work better.
✓Longer documents are automatically cleaned (repeated headers/footers/page numbers removed) and split into sections before summarizing, so quality holds up on documents far longer than a single AI prompt could handle directly.
Common mistakes to avoid
⚠Uploading a scanned PDF and expecting a summary — if there's under 50 characters of extractable text, you'll get an error pointing you to OCR PDF or Smart AI Converter instead.
⚠Picking Chapter Summary on a document with no real headings — it'll tell you no chapters were detected rather than guessing at fake ones.
⚠Expecting "Ask this document" to know things not in the source PDF — it only answers from the generated summary and, when necessary, the actual extracted text, never invented facts.
