How to Use Auto

Activating AutoSummarize
1. Open Microsoft Word 2007, if it is closed. Click the Office button in the left corner of your screen. Click the 'Word Options' button at the bottom of the open dialog box.
2. Click 'Customize.' Click 'All Commands' from the 'Choose commands from' listing.
3. Scroll and select 'AutoSummary Tools.' Click 'Add.'
4. Click 'OK.' The AutoSummarize feature is now part of Word 2007's Quick Access Toolbar at the top of your screen.
Using AutoSummarize
5. Click the Office button then 'Open.' Navigate to and double click the Word document you want to open and automatically summarize.
6. Click the 'AutoSummary Tools' icon on Word's Quick Access Toolbar. Select 'AutoSummarize.' The AutoSummarize dialog box will open.
7. Click the type of summary you want to use: 'Highlight Key Points,' 'Insert an executive summary or abstract at the top of the document,' 'Create a new document and put the summary there' or 'Hide everything but the summary without leaving the original document.'
8. Click the down arrow next to 'Percent of original' under the heading 'Length of summary' to select the level of detail you want the AutoSummarize feature to include in the summary. Note, use a higher percentage to create a more detailed summary.
9. Click 'OK.' Your automatic summary will appear according to the setting you selected in step 3.If you made a mistake and want to stop the automatic summary process before it is complete, press the 'ESC' key on your computer's keyboard.