You can generate in-line summaries of a document when you use "@Gemini summary" in Docs.
Feature availability
- This feature is available as part of Gemini for Google Workspace Alpha.
- Your administrator controls access to Gemini for Google Workspace Alpha. If you can’t find these features, your administrator may not have Alpha features enabled for your organization.
- This feature is also available as part of our early access testing program on Google Workspace Labs.
Generate a summary with Gemini
When you generate a summary, it summarizes all the text in a document, including the text in different tabs.
- On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
- In the document, enter:
@Summary
.- Or, enter:
@
under “Building blocks,” click Gemini summary .
- Or, enter:
- Click Gemini summary .
- When the document summary block shows, you can select:
- Refresh summary to update the summary.
- Accept changes to insert the block in the document.
- Discard changes to remove the summary block from the document.
- When the document summary block shows, you can select:
Tip: If you use this feature in Suggesting mode, the summary block shows up as a suggestion.
Update a summary
- In the document, click the Summary block.
- On the left of the summary block, click Refresh summary .
- Select Accept changes or Discard changes .
Give feedback on generated documents
Gemini for Google Workspace 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.
- At the bottom right of the summary block, you can select Useful summary or Not useful summary .
- If you select Useful summary , 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.
- If you select Not useful summary , to select the issue you found, click Next.
- Enter additional feedback.
- Click Submit.
To provide general feedback on this feature, at the top, click Help Help Docs improve .
To report a legal issue, create a request.
Learn about Gemini feature suggestions
- Gemini feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
- Don’t 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.