Summarize PDF

Summarizing PDFs is essential to convert lengthy documents into small, readable text. This eliminates the hassles of reading long content while saving significant time and effectively absorbing critical points. The process helps users quickly understand lengthy reports, research papers, or different legal documents without reading the entire text. This article provides a solution to summarize PDF with some great methods.

The tool we will use in this article is UPDF AI, as it allows you to summarize PDFs directly. It can work on Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and Online, so that you can use it anytime and anywhere. First of all, download UPDF from the button displayed below and follow the below methods to summarize PDF files.

• 1. Summarize PDFs on Windows/Mac Computers
• 2. Summarize PDFs on iOS/Android Smartphones
• 3. Summarize PDFs on Web Browsers

Part 1. Summarize PDFs on Windows/Mac Computers

If you are looking for a solution that can help you go through lengthy documents with efficiency, use UPDF's AI. This tool offers you multiple modes of summarizing PDFs, which come in handy while dealing with different projects.

In addition, UPDF's AI assistant provides a specialized summarization mode for thesis papers that presents you with an in-depth analysis in seconds. Furthermore, it displays all the keywords, a summary of the whole thesis, the methodology used, and the conclusion in bullets.

The other general mode is designed for standard PDFs, which extract the most important points of the file while maintaining readability. With this condensed version of the document, users can easily go through it without losing details.

Summarize Whole Document

To summarize a lengthy PDF document to understand the main discussion present in it, follow these straightforward step-by-step instructions:

Step 1: Access the UPDF AI Tool

Start by opening the document in the UPDF and accessing the "UPDF AI" tool from the bottom right corner of the screen.

Afterward, choose the "Ask PDF" feature and press the "Get Started" button. Doing this will automatically create a summary of your entire document.

Step 2: Summarize the PDF

Next, read the summary generated by UPDF AI to understand the document's main points. Following this, you can give specialized instructions to UPDF AI to understand the document in a better way, such as:

1. Extract the main arguments or conclusions from the document.
2. What is the overall objective of this document?
3. Summarize the methodologies or approaches used in the document
4. What are the key statistics or numerical data presented in the document?
5. Summarize any recommendations or actions proposed by the author.

Summarize Specific Pages

Do you want to summarize a specific page from your PDF that has too much information and tables? Don't worry because, with UPDF AI, you can also summarize particular pages from your file. The fact that UPDF AI can analyze documents based on the page range, makes it the winner in all PDF AI tools.

In the Ask Mode, after you click "Get Started", you can click on the "Bulb" icon, select "Summarize by Page", select the output language and page range you need, and click on the "Go" to start summarizing PDF by pages.

Summarize By Inputting Prompts

With the prompt feature of UPDF AI, users can add specific details on how they want the AI to summarize the content. You can even ask it to highlight certain words and sentences and create a structured, condensed outline of the PDF. We have provided you with a guide to understand how to input summarization prompts:

Step 1. Copy & Paste Desired Text in Ask PDF Mode

After opening a PDF on this tool, select the suitable text in the "Reader" mode to access a pop-up menu bar. From here, click the "Copy Text" icon and "Paste" it in the "Ask Something" box.

Step 2. Enter a Suitable Prompt and Summarize

Once that's done, enter a desired prompt next to the pasted text and hit the "Send" button to generate specific summarized content.

Step 3. Utilize the Prompted Summarize Text

In a few seconds, the AI will provide a prompted summarized version of the copied text that you can go through with ease.

Select To Summarize

Whenever you import a PDF in this tool, you can select specific lines to summarize the text directly. Read along these steps and learn how to select text for summarization:

Step 1. Select the Text and Summarize

While you are in the "Reader" mode or the "Comment" mode, select any text and a floating toolbar will appear with UPDF AI in it. Now select the "Summarize" option and it will automatically summarize the content for you.

Step 2. Copy the Result or Make the Result a Comment

Now, you can click the copy button to copy the result. Alternatively, click the comment or highlight icon to make the results appear as a sticky note.

Summarize Scanned PDFs

With all the other advanced AI features, UPDF is also capable of summarizing scanned PDF documents. We will provide you with 2 easy methods on how you can summarize your scanned PDF with UPDF AI.

1. AI OCR

The UPDF AI supports screenshotting, uploading images, and chatting with them. Therefore, you can upload a screenshot of the PDF that you want to summarize and ask for a clear summarization. Here is the guide for you.

Step 1. Open the scanned PDF with UPDF, click on the "UPDF AI" icon, select "Chat" mode, click on the "Screenshot," and draw to screenshot the content you need in the scanned PDF.

Step 2. Enter the prompt "Summarize this content," and then UPDF AI will help you summarize the screenshot.

The screenshot can only screenshot part of the content in the scanned PDF. If you want to summarize by pages, you can convert scanned PDF files to images with UPDF, then, use the "Upload Image" icon in the UPDF AI, and enter the prompt to summarize.

2. OCR the Scanned PDF and Then Summarize

Scanned PDFs are generally a collection of scanned paper images within the document. This means users cannot edit or search for data from these PDF documents. But if you want to create a summary from the provided information in these documents, it would be better to make them editable and searchable first. UPDF can do that. If you still do not have UPDF on your computer, you can click the below button to download it now.

UPDF OCR is an AI-powered tech that turns your scanned PDFs, paper documents, and images into searchable and editable PDFs. Its OCR tool is available in 38 languages to support PDF summarization from wider perspectives. Moreover, you can also adjust output layouts from 3 options. Above all, the converted file after OCR will be much smaller than the original file.

Straightforward Instructions to Apply OCR on Scanned PDF

UPDF OCR technology is a revolution in this modern world that makes document management of scanned files much easier. To use UPDF OCR technology, follow the simple steps discussed here:

Step 1. Launch UPDF and Import File

Open UPDF on your device and press the "Open File" button from the home screen. Afterward, choose your PDF document and click "Open."

Step 2. Apply the OCR Functionality

From the toolbar on the right side of the screen, press the "Recognize Text Using OCR" icon. The OCR window will open, where you must select the Layout, Document Language, and Page Range.

After doing all the settings, press the "Perform OCR" button and select the location to save the OCR file. Once folder selection is made, hit the "Save" button to complete the process.

Step 3. Ask UPDF AI to Summarize the PDF

Now, you can ask UPDF AI to summarize the editable PDF file, as we explained above. Click the button below to download the software to enjoy all the amazing features.

Summarize In Mind Map Format

If you do not like the text format for the summarized content, you can choose to convert it into a Mind Map for better understanding. Here is the guide for you.

Step 1. After opening the PDF in the UPDF, click on "UPDF AI" > "Ask PDF" > "Get Started."

Step 2. Click on the "Bulb" icon and select "Generate Mind Map". Select the output language and page range for the Mind Map. Then, click on the "Go" to start

Step 3. UPDF AI will start generating the Mind Map summarized content for you. You can check it in the browser, download it to image or other formats, zoom in and out, etc.

Part 2. Summarize PDFs on iOS/Android Smartphones

UPDF's AI is not only capable of providing you with condensed and highly readable content on Windows and Mac. You can utilize the AI feature on your Android and iOS devices, which we'll discuss in the following. Note that not all the given procedures can be performed on both devices.

Summarize The Whole Document

There are different methods of accessing the UPDF AI (Android/iOS) on your devices, which makes it convenient for users. Users can either condense their lengthy PDFs by opening them on the app or accessing the AI to summarize the file.

Step 1. Open PDF and Summarize With UPDF AI

Install the UPDF app on your mobile and access its main interface screen.

Choose to open the desired PDF file by tapping the "All PDFs" button. After that, press the "UPDF AI" icon at the top right corner of the screen and access the summarized version.

Besides that, you can directly open the "UPDF AI" feature from the bottom tabs in the main interface. In the newly opened screen, hit the "Select PDF" button in the "Ask AI" tab and you'll receive a summarization.

Summarize Specific Pages

With this seamless app, users can summarize specific pages of their document. The advanced AI carefully analyzes the information on these pages and provides structured and readable text with proper headings. Now, dive into the following instructions to learn how to choose specific pages in UPDF AI.

Instructions: In the opened UPDF AI screen, tap the "Bulb" icon to open a bottom-up "Guess You Want to" menu. From here, choose the "Summarize by Page" option and open a small dialogue box. Now, select the desired page range and hit the "Go" button to get a summarized version of that specific page(s).

Summarize By Inputting Prompts

Sometimes, users are looking for more clarity and certain summarized content from UPDF AI. In this case, the AI offers a prompt feature where you can enter any type of prompt. Thus, read through these instructions and learn for yourself how to enter prompts.

Instructions: To add a prompt, tap the "Ask Something" box at the bottom and enter a suitable summarization prompt. Once written, hit the "Send" button on the same box and access the desired summarization of the entered prompt.

Select To Summarize

The selection feature is extremely useful when you are time-bound and want quick summarized content. By selecting any section of your PDF, summarize it within seconds using the AI and copy/paste it for quick revision. We have provided the following easy-to-follow instructions on how to select and summarize text:

Instructions: Open the PDF on this app and select the desired paragraph or line from the file to access a pop-up menu. After that, press the "UPDF AI" option from the menu and choose "Summarize" in the opened bottom-up menu. This will provide you with a summary of the selected text, which you can copy and paste and go through quickly.

Part 3. Summarize PDFs on Web Browsers

There are times when you want an efficient online AI summarization solution instead of downloading any tool. UPDF AI has the perfect solution as it provides users with an advanced online AI that is capable of multiple functions. So, let's explore different methods in the following and learn to summarize PDFs.

Summarize A Single PDF

Whether you need to summarize a full document or only specific pages, UPDF offers you an efficient summarization. It is ideal for researchers and businessmen as they can get a condensed version of a report, articles, and more. Now, let's look at these step-by-step guides on how to summarize PDFs in these ways.

1. Summarize The Whole Document

Step 1. Open Online UPDF AI and Upload PDF

Head to the online platform of UPDF AI on any of your browsers and open the "File" tab on the left panel. Now, click the "Upload File" button and select the PDF from the opened dialogue box.

Step 2. Get Started With AI

Afterward, press the uploaded PDF from the left panel and hit the "Get Started" button on the newly opened right panel.

Step 3. Access the Summarization Text

The AI will provide you with a condensed summary of your PDF document with readable phrases and graspable ideas of the content.

2. Summarize By Pages

Step 1. Choose the Page Range Option in the Prompt

On the right-side panel, extend the "Prompt" option and choose "Summarize by Page" from the opened bottom-up menu.

Step 2. Select the Pages and Summarize

After that, choose the specific pages under the "Please specify the page range for the summary" section and hit "Go."

Step 3. Utilize the Specific Page Summary

Now, you can utilize the summarized contents of the specific page for your project or presentation report.

Summarize Multiple PDFs

The online version of UPDF AI also supports summarizing multiple PDFs at once, making it an efficient tool for handling bulk documents. The free version of UPDF AI online allows users to upload up to 5 documents in a collection. In comparison, you can upgrade to the Paid version to upload and summarize up to 100 PDFs simultaneously and make the process much easier for yourself. So, go through the following steps and learn to summarize multiple PDFs:

Step 1. Create a Collection and Upload PDFs

Start by opening the "Collections" tab from the left panel and create a collection folder with a name. Next, click the "Upload" button and add new PDFs, or press the "Select" button to choose the documents from existing files.

Step 2. Access the UPDF AI Feature

When the files are uploaded, navigate to the right "Chat with PDFs" panel and hit the "Get Started" button.

Step 3. Attain the Summary of PDFs

Now, users can read through multiple documents without wasting time manually going through each one.

Conclusion

The fact is, we all get bored and sleepy while reading long texts. A similar case is with long-form and lengthy documents. Concurrently, using a summarize PDF tool for summarizing long text can be helpful. That's why this article went in-depth and offered seamless summarization methods of UPDF AI. This tool offers full utility of this feature on all devices, such as Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, and Online.