Editing Microsoft Word (section)

===AutoSummarize===
Available in certain versions of Word (e.g., Word 2007), AutoSummarize highlights passages or phrases that it considers valuable and can be a quick way of generating a crude abstract or an executive summary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.word-tips.com/auto-summarize/|title=How To Access Auto Summarize in Microsoft Word 2007|date=December 14, 2011|website=Sue's Word Tips|language=en-US|access-date=July 9, 2019|archive-date=July 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709204810/https://www.word-tips.com/auto-summarize/|url-status=live}}</ref> The amount of text to be retained can be specified by the user as a percentage of the current amount of text.

According to Ron Fein of the Word 97 team, AutoSummarize cuts wordy copy to the bone by counting words and ranking sentences. First, AutoSummarize identifies the most common words in the document (barring "a" and "the" and the like) and assigns a "score" to each word – the more frequently a word is used, the higher the score. Then, it "averages" each sentence by adding the scores of its words and dividing the sum by the number of words in the sentence – the higher the average, the higher the rank of the sentence. "It's like the ratio of wheat to chaff," explains Fein.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gore |first=Karenna |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2419 |title=Cognito Auto Sum |work=Slate |date=February 9, 1997 |access-date=June 21, 2010 |archive-date=June 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627072528/http://www.slate.com/id/2419 |url-status=live }}</ref>

AutoSummarize was removed from Microsoft Word for Mac OS X 2011, although it was present in Word for Mac 2008. AutoSummarize was removed from the Office 2010 release version (14) as well.<ref>[https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179199 Changes in Word 2010 (for IT pros)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826175549/https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179199 |date=August 26, 2017 }}. Technet.microsoft.com (May 16, 2012). Retrieved July 17, 2013.</ref>