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Writing with Bettertext · 1 min read

This article covers the actions that rewrite or add to your text: Improve, Shorten, Expand, Summarize, Continue and Ask, and Write, which writes new text without selecting anything.

How to run an action

  1. Highlight your text.
  2. Click the action on the ruler. If you don't see it, open More.
  3. The result appears under the ruler.

Improve

Improve makes your text clearer and more natural. You get up to 3 versions to choose from.

Shorten

Shorten makes your text shorter.

Expand

Expand makes your text longer.

Summarize

Summarize gives you a summary of the text you selected.

Continue

Continue keeps writing from where your text stops. In a text box or editor, click Add to text to add the new part to your text.

Ask

Ask lets you type your own instruction for the selected text.

  1. Highlight your text.
  2. Open More and choose Ask.
  3. Type what you want Bettertext to do with the text.

Write without selecting

Write adds new text to any text box, at your cursor. You don't need to select anything.

  1. Click in a text box where you want the text.
  2. Press Option+Space on a Mac, or Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows. A small box opens under your cursor.
  3. Type what you want, for example "tell her the refund went out today", and press Enter. Or pick a quick start, like Reply to this in a Gmail reply, Continue or Write from my notes.
  4. Press Enter (or Insert) to add the text at your cursor. Write from my notes replaces your notes instead. Cmd+Z (Ctrl+Z on Windows) undoes it.

Use Try again for a new version, or Change… to say what to change. You can pick another shortcut in your settings, under Where the ruler appears. Write never opens in password or card fields.

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