Auto-Summarize feature on Microsoft Word may do a surprisingly good job at prioritizing!

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nethere20

Hello all,

It is quite impressive to find that the Auto-Summarize feature in
Microsoft Word (version 97 or later) yields very good results in
documents; whose content is mainly objective, and impartial in scope.

When setting Auto-Summarize to analyze five percent of the document,
Microsoft Word is actually highlighting text that is has figured as
top priority. When Auto Summarize is set to read ten percent of the
text, WORD has figured this a a second-tier priority. Fifteen percent
highlighted is a third-tier priority.

Again, with documents that are objective in content, it is not
uncommon to find that a five to ten percent setting would encomapss a
sometimes detailed title of the document. For documents that have
abstracts/summaries, it is also not uncommon to find that a
twenty-percent highlighting of text encomapsses a document's printed
summary.

'Summarizing the summaries' is usually not importmant with most
documents. Summarizing original content that encompasses the title,
and event eh author's abstract is quite sufficient enough!

What has been the expereince of this newsgroup regarding the
Auto-Summarize feature on content that is impartial in scope?

What is next from Microsoft; word-processing software that
automatically organizes raw information into readable content??

Thank-you
 
W

Word Heretic

G'day (e-mail address removed) (nethere20),

reading between the lines of the various future predictions sees us
not needing editors nor good grammar starting in about 10-15 years.

if you structure your dox correctly, then sure, every topic has a
summary at the start and the feature works well. For rambling stuff it
isnt so good: eg Lord of the Rings has a hopeless auto-summary.

(e-mail address removed) (nethere20) was spinning this yarn:
Hello all,

It is quite impressive to find that the Auto-Summarize feature in
Microsoft Word (version 97 or later) yields very good results in
documents; whose content is mainly objective, and impartial in scope.

When setting Auto-Summarize to analyze five percent of the document,
Microsoft Word is actually highlighting text that is has figured as
top priority. When Auto Summarize is set to read ten percent of the
text, WORD has figured this a a second-tier priority. Fifteen percent
highlighted is a third-tier priority.

Again, with documents that are objective in content, it is not
uncommon to find that a five to ten percent setting would encomapss a
sometimes detailed title of the document. For documents that have
abstracts/summaries, it is also not uncommon to find that a
twenty-percent highlighting of text encomapsses a document's printed
summary.

'Summarizing the summaries' is usually not importmant with most
documents. Summarizing original content that encompasses the title,
and event eh author's abstract is quite sufficient enough!

What has been the expereince of this newsgroup regarding the
Auto-Summarize feature on content that is impartial in scope?

What is next from Microsoft; word-processing software that
automatically organizes raw information into readable content??

Thank-you

Steve Hudson

Word Heretic, Sydney, Australia
Tricky stuff with Word or words for you.
wordheretic.com

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