Summarize a PDF With AI in Seconds 

A 40-page report, a research paper or a long contract — you need to know what's inside, but you don't have an hour. An AI summary gives you the essentials in a few seconds, so you can decide what deserves a closer read.

01Summarize a PDF in 4 steps

1. 1
   Step 1

   Open PDF Summary. Choose the summary language — it can differ from the document's language.
2. 2
   Step 2

   Pick a style: bullet points, a flowing paragraph or key ideas with headings for numbers and dates.
3. 3
   Step 3

   Choose short, medium or long, then drop your PDF or paste text.
4. 4
   Step 4

   Read the result, copy it or download it as a Word document.

02What makes a trustworthy summary

• It only uses information from the document — no invented facts.
• Names, numbers, dates and amounts are kept exactly.
• It starts with the single most important point.

03Ideas for using summaries

• Prepare for a meeting by summarizing the agenda documents.
• Skim research papers before deciding which to read in full.
• Turn a long English report into a short summary in your own language.

04Scanned documents

If your PDF is a scan, first make the text readable with PDF OCR. Need the whole text in another language instead? Use Translate PDF.