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Word

Open a .docx file to edit it in a page view, and ask the agent to rewrite, restructure or format it. This page covers editing, reviewing the agent's changes, exporting to PDF, and what to check in Word before you send the file.

A Word memo open in Nebula Writer with the review bar above the page showing Review agent edit, Inspect changes, Discard edit and Keep edit. The rewritten paragraph and one table cell are highlighted, and the agent's summary is on the right.

Edit the document#

The editor shows the document as pages, with its page size, margins, headers and footers. The toolbar has paragraph styles, font and size, bold, italic, underline, text color, alignment, lists, line spacing, Insert table, Insert image and Page settings. Controls that don't fit the window move into the More toolbar actions menu (...).

  • Save with Cmd/Ctrl+S or the Save DOCX button.
  • To keep the original, choose Save DOCX copy from the ... menu before a big change, or ask the agent to save a copy first.
  • If you save the file in another app while it's open here, Nebula Writer reloads it, as long as you have no unsaved changes of your own.
  • History in the toolbar lets you compare or restore earlier versions. See Review and undo.

Ask the agent#

Open the file, then say what to change, where, and what must stay as it is.

Prompt
In the Executive Summary, replace the first two paragraphs with a short decision statement. Keep the heading style, the header and footer, and every table. Don't change any number elsewhere.

For a long document, ask for findings before any edits:

Prompt
List inconsistent heading styles, repeated recommendations and hard-to-read tables, with the section for each. Don't edit yet.

Besides text, the agent can format paragraphs and tables, add headers, footers and page numbers, add, reply to and resolve comments, accept or reject tracked changes, and export the document to PDF.

Review the agent's changes#

The agent writes each edit to the file as it works and keeps a restore point. When it finishes, the review bar shows Review agent edit and the changed text is highlighted on the page.

  1. Choose Inspect changes to step through each change with its Before and After text.
  2. Choose Keep edit to keep the whole edit, or Discard edit to put the previous version of the file back.

A Word edit is kept or discarded as one decision. You can inspect each change, but you can't keep some and discard others. If only part of an edit is right, discard it and ask for a narrower change.

While an edit waits for review, the formatting toolbar folds into Editing tools, and PDF export is unavailable.

Export to PDF#

Choose File → Export to PDF... (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+E) or Export DOCX as PDF in the ... menu. Nebula Writer saves the document, asks where to put the PDF, then shows a preview.

Check the PDF for page count and page breaks, substituted fonts, headers and footers, and tables or images that run off the page.

Check in Word before you send it#

Nebula Writer edits the .docx file itself, but it doesn't reproduce every Word feature. Open the final file in Microsoft Word before you send it if it has:

  • Comments or tracked changes that reviewers will read
  • Fields, a table of contents, cross-references or footnotes
  • Complex section breaks, columns or floating images
  • A strict template or house style
  • Macros or embedded objects

Keep the .docx as the editable source, and send the PDF when the layout must not move.