How to Summarize Articles Using Microsoft Word 2007


A cool feature in Microsoft Word is it lets you Automatically summarize articles and find key points of the document so you don’t have to read the entire thing. This saves you time and gets to the main points in a long document.
Note: Here I’m using Word 2007, but the feature is discontinued in 2010.
Summarize a Microsoft Word 2007 Document
Open the document you want to summarize and click on the Office button.
Then click Word Options.
Word Options comes up. Click on Customize from the sidebar.
Open the “Choose Commands From” dropdown menu and select the “All Commands” option.
Scroll down from the list of commands and find AutoSummary Tools, click on Add and click Ok.
Click on the AutoSummarize Tools button from the Quick Access toolbar and click on AutoSummarize.
The AutoSummarize dialog box opens and shows you different options. You can select the type of summary you want and the length of summary too.
The Highlight Key Points feature picks commonly used words and phrases from the document and highlights them.
Insert Executive Summary option will put the abstract of the document on top.
Create a new document option will use the summary above and paste it in a new document. Lastly, Hide everything option will paste the summary of the document and will remove any extra material.
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Mike Blanton
Autosummary does not appear to have made it past 2007.
brie
It continues into Word 2008 however it has been discontinued past Word 2008.
Paul Macefield
AutoSummary
AutoSummary is the feature that lists the Title, Subject, Author, Keywords, and Comments. This feature was available from the Tools menu.
In Word 2010, this feature is no longer used.
If you insert an abstract into the document, that is not AutoSummary data and will remain. However, if the document was in a summary view when it is saved, it will not be after you open it.
Taken from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179199.aspx#BKMK_Remmoved
ahsan
Why would they take off such a useful feature newer versions of their program?
Beth
Good point Ashanti. Why would #Microsoft get rid of the auto-summarize feature?
Manase Mokgolo
Dear Guys
Why Microsoft get rid of the auto-summarize feature and when is it reinstating it.
Steve Krause
Hidden feature no one was probably using… Cut it! :(
Ranjeet Singha
Thanks a lot.I was searching for online tool to summarize articles and book chapters.Was not aware that it was present in MS 2007.