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Elevate Word Docs: Refine content while preserving format with Kutools AI

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2024-08-15

In today’s fast-paced digital world, ensuring your Word documents are polished and professionally presented is crucial, yet often time-consuming. With Kutools AI's Polish Document feature, you can elevate your documents by refining content while preserving the original formatting effortlessly. This article explores why the Polish Document feature is a game-changer, how to activate it, and how to master its functionalities to enhance your document workflows.


Why Use Polish Document?

  • 🔍 Clear Comparison Between Original and Polished Content
    Provides a clear comparison between the original and polished texts, allowing you to see the changes made during the polishing process!
  • 🛠️ Convenient Toolbar for Quick Actions
    The provided toolbar allows you to quickly replace or insert polished results into the original text and swiftly re-polish any content that doesn’t meet your satisfaction!
  • 📐 Preservation of Formatting
    Unlike other polishing tools that might disrupt your document’s layout, the Polish Document feature ensures that all your formatting stays intact. Whether it’s bold headings, italicized quotes, or underlined key points, the integrity of your original design is preserved.
  • 🎨 Multiple Writing Styling Options
    This feature isn’t one-size-fits-all; it offers a variety of writing styles to choose from. Whether you need a formal tone for business documents or a more casual style for blogs or articles, you can select the option that best fits your needs.
  • 🎯 Versatility in Application
    With the ability to target specific areas of your document—be it selected text, the current paragraph, the entire page, or the whole document—this feature provides unparalleled flexibility. This selective refinement allows you to focus your efforts precisely where needed, enhancing overall productivity.
  • 🖱️ User-Friendly Interface
    The Polish Document feature boasts a clear and straightforward interface, making it accessible even for those who are not tech-savvy. With just a few clicks, you can transform your document, saving time and effort.
  • Improvement in Content Quality
    By refining and polishing your document’s content, this feature helps to improve readability and impact. The advanced algorithms used can elevate the language and structure of your text, ensuring that your final product is both impressive and effective.
  • ⏱️ Efficiency and Speed
    Ideal for busy professionals, this tool significantly reduces the time spent on manual editing. You can achieve a polished, professional-looking document in a fraction of the time it would normally take.

Activating Polish Document with OpenAI API Key

To start enhancing your documents with Kutools AI, activating the Polish Document feature requires an OpenAI API key.

  1. Go to the Kutools tab and select Polish Document (Preserve Format) button.
     Tip: You also can activate this feature under the KUTOOLS AI tab.
    a screenshot showing how to enable the Polish Dcoument feature
  2. After a brief introduction to this feature, you will get into the Kutools AI Settings dialog box:
    1. In the AI provider section, select OpenAI (ChatGPT) or GoogleAI as you need.
    2. Copy and paste your API Key into the API Key textbox.
       Tips:
    3. Choose the AI model you wish to use from the Please select the model to use drop-down list.
    4. Click OK to finish the settings.
      a screenshot showing how to configure the API Key
Notes:
  • If you have previously configured the KUTOOLS AI settings for AI Assistance, you can access this feature directly without needing to reconfigure the settings.
  • If you didn't set it up initially, you can click the Settings button in the Polish Document dialog box to access the KUTOOLS AI Settings window again when you activate the feature next time.
    a screenshot showing how to get into the AI Settings dialog box again
  • If your system is set to Chinese or if you are using the Chinese version of Office, you will see not only OpenAI (ChatGPT) and Google AI but also Zhipu AI and Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen models.

Matering the Polish Document feature

Harnessing the full potential of the Polish Document feature can transform how you handle document editing. Whether you’re looking to enhance a single paragraph or an entire document, the tool offers various customization options to suit your needs. This section will demonstrate how to master this feature to streamline your editing process, saving time while improving the quality of your documents.

  1. Select Kutools > Polish Document (Preserve Format) to activate this feature.
  2. In the Polish Document (Preserve Format) dialog box, you need to configure as follows.
    1. Choose your desired writing style from the Writing Style drop-down list.
    2. Select an option you need in the What content do you need to polish section.
    3. Click OK to start polishing the content.
      a screenshot showing the options in the Polish Document dialog box
      Notes:
      • Selected content in the document: After choosing this option, manually select the content you want to polish.
      • Current paragraph content: Automatically polishes the paragraph where your cursor is located.
      • Current page content: Automatically polishes the content on the page where your cursor is located.
      • Entire document content: Polishes the entire document.
  3. A new document containing the polished content is then generated and displayed side by side with the original document as shown in the screenshot below.
    a screenshot showing the original document and the polished document side by side
  4. Clicking on a paragraph in the new document will highlight its counterpart in the original document, and a toolbar will appear beneath the paragraph.
    a screenshot of the toolbar
    This toolbar enables you to:
    • Replace: Replace the original paragraph with the polished content. Highlight the paragraph and click on the button.
    • Insert Below: Insert the polished content below the original paragraph. Highlight the paragraph and click on the button.
    • Repolish with a different writing style: Repolish the paragraph using a different writing style selected from the Style dropdown list. After selecting a new writing style, click the Repolish button.
    • Done: Close the toolbar.
    • Pin: The toolbar moves with the selection by default. To pin it at a specific location, move the toolbar there and click the Pin button.
  5. When you have finished polishing, close the newly generated document or save it as a copy, depending on your needs.
Notes:
  • If a paragraph contains multiple text formats, this feature will recognize only the format of the first text. After polishing, the entire paragraph in the new generated document will adopt this format.
  • Clicking the Done button will permanently close the toolbar for the current document session.

Kutools AI's Polish Document feature stands out as an essential tool for anyone looking to elevate their Word documents. By maintaining your original formatting and enhancing your text’s quality, it offers a seamless integration of AI-powered efficiency into your regular document management tasks. Embrace this feature to make your documents not only look professional but also resonate with clarity and enhanced communication effectiveness.


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