Summarize your document in Docs with Gemini

Important: This feature requires an eligible Google Workspace or Google AI plan. Learn about Gemini features and plans.

You can generate in-line summaries of a document when you use "@AI summary" in Docs.

Generate a summary with Gemini

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When you generate a summary, it summarizes all the text in a document, including the text in different tabs.

1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
2. In the document, enter: @Summary.
   • Or, enter: @ 👁 and then
     under “Building blocks,” click AI summary 👁 Image
     .
3. Click AI summary 👁 Image
   .
   • When the document summary block shows, you can select:
     • Refresh summary 👁 Refresh
       to update the summary.
     • Accept changes 👁 Checkmark
       to insert the block in the document.
     • Discard changes 👁 Remove from outline
       to remove the summary block from the document.

Tip: If you use this feature in Suggesting mode, the summary block shows up as a suggestion.

Update a summary

1. In the document, click the AI Summary block.
2. On the left of the summary block, click Refresh summary 👁 Refresh
   .
3. Select Accept changes 👁 Checkmark
   or Discard changes 👁 Remove from outline
   .

Give feedback on generated documents

Google Workspace with Gemini is constantly learning and may not be able to support your request. Because feedback may be human readable, please do not submit data that contains personal, confidential, or sensitive information.

If you get a suggestion that’s inaccurate or that you feel is unsafe, you can submit feedback. Your feedback can help improve AI-assisted Workspace features and broader Google efforts in AI.

1. At the bottom right of the summary block, you can select Useful summary 👁 Image
   or Not useful summary 👁 Image
   .
2. If you select Useful summary 👁 Image
   , in the pop-up window, you can select the data you want to share along with your feedback. This includes prompts, additional context, and outputs. If you don’t want to share certain data, you can uncheck it.
   1. If you select Not useful summary 👁 Image
      , to select the issue you found, click Next.
   2. Enter additional feedback.
3. Click Submit.

To provide general feedback on this feature, at the top, click Help 👁 and then
Help Docs improve 👁 Image
.

To report a legal issue, create a request.

Learn about Gemini feature suggestions

• Gemini feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and shouldn’t be attributed to Google.
• Do not rely on Gemini features as medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice.
• Gemini features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Gemini more helpful and safe.
• Enterprise end users can submit feedback about their experience using this feature. End users are informed before they submit feedback that the feedback data shouldn’t contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information.