The summary of your document can be helpful to your readers. You can give a brief overview and name important points. You don’t need to include this in your content as you can add a document summary in Google Docs.
The document summary function was Introduced in early 2022 for Google Docs on the web. It is coupled with the outline that you can create using headings in your document. But the nice thing is that you can use the summary on its own if you prefer.
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Insert a document summary into Google Docs
visit Google documents, sign in and open your document. You should have the document outline icon in the top left, outside the margin of your document.
If you don’t see it, choose View > Show Document Outline to see it.
Click the document outline icon and you have a place at the top for the summary. Click the plus sign on the right. A text box will appear in which to type your summary.
When you’re done typing your summary, press Enter or Return to save it. A brief message will appear at the bottom of the screen that your summary has been saved.
While you can’t format the text in the summary field, you must can Add line spacing if you like. At the end of the line, hold down Shift and press Enter or Return.
To edit the summary at any point, hover over it and click the edit summary icon (pencil). In edit mode, the summary box is outlined in blue.
To clear the summary, click the Edit Summary icon, remove all text in the field, and press Enter or Return to save.
You can save space in your Google Doc by including the summary in this convenient place. If you also use the outline, this is a good introduction to your document.
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