Text Processing
A focused workspace for cleaning up, rewriting, and restructuring text-heavy material.
Text Processing is for the moment when you already have a piece of writing and you need to do something specific to it — tighten it, restructure it, change the tone, or strip out the parts that don't belong.
What It's Good For
- Cleaning up a transcript. Removing filler words, false starts, and side comments so the substance is readable.
- Restructuring a draft. Reorganizing sections so the most important point lands first.
- Adjusting tone or register. Making a draft more formal, more accessible, or less defensive.
- Tightening for length. Cutting a 1,200-word piece down to 600 without losing the argument.
- Preparing for publication. Final polish before something goes out.
A Typical Flow
- Open Text Processing from Tools.
- Paste or upload the text you want to work on.
- State what you want done. Be specific — "shorten this by half and keep the argument intact" works better than "improve this".
- Review the result and refine if it's not quite right.
- Copy the result into wherever it needs to go next — a press release, a briefing, an email.
When To Reach For This Instead Of The Assistant
The Assistant can do all of this, but Text Processing tends to be faster when:
- You already have the input text in hand.
- You know exactly what kind of change you want.
- You'll be doing this kind of edit repeatedly.
If you're not sure what edit you want yet — for example, you want to talk through whether the piece works at all — start in the Assistant.
A Good Habit
Be precise about what to change and what to leave alone. "Tighten the introduction but don't touch the closing paragraph" produces better results than "edit this".