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Ask across several documents and make briefs, slides or quizzes

Create a workspace in Workspaces, add documents, and use Ask across documents (2 credits per answer) or Make something from these documents to generate a brief, slide outline, quiz or audio brief. Every citation names the document, version and page.

Updated 2 min read Counts toward ai credits

  1. Step 1: Create a workspace

    Go to Workspaces in the sidebar, click New workspace, name it ("Office lease renewal") and click Create.

  2. Step 2: Add documents

    In Documents, click Add → Add from your documents. Tick Pin to the current version to keep citing that exact version after later edits.

  3. Step 3: Choose which ones to use

    Untick documents you want to leave out. The header shows AI actions use … of … documents.

  4. Step 4: Ask

    Under Ask across documents, type a question and click Ask (Ctrl/⌘ + Enter).

  5. Step 5: Check sources

    Each citation opens the document in a new tab at the cited page. Quotes were matched to that version.

If the documents don't answer the question, it says so. If an answer was drafted but none of its quotes could be found on the cited pages, it's withheld.

Make a brief, slides, quiz or audio

OutputWhat you getCredits
BriefSections with inline citations, plus a PDF with a Sources page.4
Slide outline6–12 slides; each bullet lists its sources; speaker notes.4
Quiz3, 5, 8 or 10 multiple-choice questions, each answer backed by a verified quote.2
Audio briefA 2–4 minute synthetic-voice summary with a cited transcript (MP3).6

Under Make something from these documents, pick the Output type, add an optional focus and click Generate …. Tick Also save the PDF to my documents to keep a copy. Results go to Saved outputs with their sources. Statements without a verified source are flagged.

Plan limits

PlanWorkspacesDocuments per workspace
Free210
Pro5050
Businessunlimited200

Workspaces need a free account. Tool pages like PDF to brief and PDF to quiz take up to 5 PDFs at a time and create a quick workspace that doesn't count toward your limit. Deleting a workspace removes its saved outputs; the documents stay.

Does a workspace copy my documents?

No. It only references them. Documents stay where they are; unpinned ones follow their latest version.

Can I share a workspace with my team?

Not yet. Workspaces belong to your account. Share the generated PDF instead.

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