{"id":38720,"date":"2025-05-26T14:14:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/?p=38720"},"modified":"2025-06-04T22:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:37:55","slug":"guide-to-the-summary-tool-in-contents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/magazine\/platform-tutorial\/guide-to-the-summary-tool-in-contents\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to the Summary Tool in Contents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summary is a Contents tool belonging to the AI Writer category, which allows you to summarize texts and create condensed overviews.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 800;\">When to Use Summary<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Summary tool is useful for quickly summarizing long texts, articles, or documents, creating clear and concise overviews. It\u2019s ideal for those who need to extract key information from complex content, saving time on reading and making the material easier to understand.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 800;\">Tool Settings<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/strumento-summary-contents-AI.png\" alt=\"strumento summary contents AI\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/strumento-summary-contents-AI.png 1999w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/strumento-summary-contents-AI-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/strumento-summary-contents-AI-1024x666.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/strumento-summary-contents-AI-768x499.png 768w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/strumento-summary-contents-AI-1536x999.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" \/><br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Source upload:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the source used for this tool can be a document in .pdf, .doc, .docx, or .txt format.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Point of view<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: allows you to choose whether to generate a summary in the first or third person.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Text length:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows you to choose how long the summarized text should be.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">short: the output will be very concise compared to the source<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">medium: the output will be moderately condensed, with some content reduced but not overly trimmed<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">long: the content will be only slightly condensed compared to the original source<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Brand voice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: this field allows you to select the writing tone of the output. You can also select a tone of voice tailored to your brand (<\/span><b>learn how to create a custom Brand Voice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Brand Box (optional field)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: if the summary needs to refer to specific brand or company characteristics, this field allows you to provide that information and reuse it in other tools (<\/span><b>learn how to create a Brand Box<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: allows you to choose the language in which the output will be generated.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary is a Contents tool belonging to the AI Writer category, which allows you to summarize texts and create condensed overviews. 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