Ever since I learned about the auto summarize tool in Word, I got a big kick out of over summarizing long documents. For example, Pride and Prejudice in 10 sentences is:
"Bingley."
Elizabeth felt Jane's pleasure. "Miss Elizabeth Bennet."
Elizabeth looked surprised. "FITZWILLIAM DARCY"
Elizabeth was delighted. Elizabeth read on:
Elizabeth smiled.
"If! "Dearest Jane!
Elizabeth felt Jane's pleasure. "Miss Elizabeth Bennet."
Elizabeth looked surprised. "FITZWILLIAM DARCY"
Elizabeth was delighted. Elizabeth read on:
Elizabeth smiled.
"If! "Dearest Jane!
I find it works best when you get it to summerise your work down to just ten lines, but it can do any amount.
So anyone care to share theirs?
How to AutoSummarise in Word 2002: http://www.microsoft.com/education/AutoSummarize.mspx
How to find the AutoSummarise button in Word 2007: http://www.dq.winsila.com/tips-tricks/bring-back-the-autosummarize-tool-...
How to AutoAbstract in OpenOffice: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=68827
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· Katharine
· ML of Elsewhere Australia
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Oops, double post. Go me.
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· Katharine
· ML of Elsewhere Australia
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Shouldn't you be writing?
I get:
Craig shrugged. Craig shrugged. Craig shrugged. "Craig." "Craig." "Craig? "Simone." "Joe." "Joe?" Simone turned.
That's a bit boring.
And:
"Jimmy?"
"Jack?"
"Jimmy?"
Jimmy?
Jimmy?
Jack?
"Jimmy."
"Jimmy?"
"Jack!"
"Jack?"
Which makes me giggle :)
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I'm at work :( 19 minutes until home time though!
Craig shrugged. Craig shrugged. Craig shrugged. "Craig." "Craig." "Craig? "Simone." "Joe." "Joe?" Simone turned.
That's a bit boring.
And:
"Jimmy?"
"Jack?"
"Jimmy?"
Jimmy?
Jimmy?
Jack?
"Jimmy."
"Jimmy?"
"Jack!"
"Jack?"
Which makes me giggle :)
That's awesome XD
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· Katharine
· ML of Elsewhere Australia
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· Katharine
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Okay, time for mine, now that I'm home...
Alhen frowned. “Alhen?”
“Alhen? “Alhen speaking.”
Alhen paused. “Alhen?”
“Alhen.”
“Alhen…”
Alhen laughed. "Alhen!
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· Katharine
· ML of Elsewhere Australia
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oh crap, it's made me find a huge problem with my characters :(
Can anyone spot the abundance of suck here?
“Matt! Matt grinned. Matt laughed. “Desolisin? Matt shrugged. Matt groaned. Matt exclaimed.
Matt laughed. “Matt!” “Matt.”
*sigh* too late now I guess haha
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Wassa problem? Other than Matt dominating the landscape (and "my" Matt doesn't see a problem there).
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it's been the problem all through my story. I have two MC's and Matt is the outgoing one. It's been very hard to keep him from dominating the entire damn story when the other MC (and to my mind more interesting one) gets shoved to one side all the time.
I think I can write around it but it's a trap I keep falling into without realising. Part of the story is how the boring loser MC becomes a worthwhile one through self discovery in part brought on by the outgoing self assured smartarse.
arrgh. Mind you if I knew how to do this stuff I wouldn't be practicing haha at least I can see it now.
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Don't worry about it, James. I have the same trouble with my Alhen. Look at my auto-summarise XD
And the one from last year's NaNo?
“…Tyn?”
Jairdan smiled. Jairdan nodded. “Tyn! Jairdan!” Jairdan nodded. Jairdan replied. Jairdan smiled. Jairdan replied. Jairdan replied.
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· Katharine
· ML of Elsewhere Australia
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Nov 17, 2009 - 04 53
it might be how you use pronouns too. In my one above, the MC is Simone, but I use 'she' a lot. Whereas there are two 'hes' so I used their names, esp. the boyfriend's more.
It does like names. If I do my one from last year I get:
Matt?
"Matt?"
"Matt. "Matt?"
"Matt? "Matt--"
"Matt--"
"Matt?"
"Matt--"
"Matt?
You see, mine takes over even more than yours
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Auto abstract in Openoffice doesn't work the same way, it seems to reflect headings and points and stuff. I've used the Word one before and it is different.
:-(
----------Shayne Power
2009: Jericho Man (Superhero adventure)
Won in 2008 after less successful attempts in 2006 and 2007
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:-(
You could email it to someone (and I'd promise not to read it)
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Nov 18, 2009 - 00 32
And the one from last year's NaNo?
“…Tyn?”
Jairdan smiled. Jairdan nodded. “Tyn! Jairdan!” Jairdan nodded. Jairdan replied. Jairdan smiled. Jairdan replied. Jairdan replied.
Fair enough... I'm at that middle part of hyper-criticising my work to death instead of finishing it I guess haha
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I could. Or if I used my brain, I could take it to work and use Word there.
----------Shayne Power
2009: Jericho Man (Superhero adventure)
Won in 2008 after less successful attempts in 2006 and 2007
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Elizabeth felt Jane's pleasure. "Miss Elizabeth Bennet."
Elizabeth looked surprised. "FITZWILLIAM DARCY"
Elizabeth was delighted. Elizabeth read on:
Elizabeth smiled.
"If! "Dearest Jane!
I find it works best when you get it to summerise your work down to just ten lines, but it can do any amount.
So anyone care to share theirs?
How to AutoSummarise in Word 2002: http://www.microsoft.com/education/AutoSummarize.mspx
How to find the AutoSummarise button in Word 2007: http://www.dq.winsila.com/tips-tricks/bring-back-the-autosummarize-tool-...
How to AutoAbstract in OpenOffice: http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=68827
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· Katharine
· ML of Elsewhere Australia
· Elsewhere Australia has a Twitter!
Thanks but no thanks, the only versions of Word I have I no longer use as Word for Windows 2a doesn't run on my Linux box.
----------Deadly Ernest
(typos are the fault of the
gremlins in the server)
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Mines:
"Josie..."
"Tay?"
"Tay!"
"Dmitri?"
"Chris!"
Dmitri growled.
"Dmitri."
Dmitri teased.
"Dmitri?"
Dmitri asked.
But its amazingly intriguing in the 100-word form. Like, it's possibly a better story than the whole thing.
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Thanks but no thanks, the only versions of Word I have I no longer use as Word for Windows 2a doesn't run on my Linux box.
(gets distracted remembering when the uni computers changed to Word for Windows, was quite traumatic)
As I said above to uxintro.... If you want.
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Wow, mine pretty much sucks, it's just the names of main characters although it's nice to see that Wintar once again triumphs over Kaleb.
Wintar .“Wintar…” “Wintar. “Wintar…” “Wintar? “Kaleb.” “Wintar…” “Kaleb.” “Wintar.” “Kaleb?”
----------Ashlee
2009- Within Temptation's Grasp
"Being truly scared is the emotion where you can't stop shaking. You can't think, you can't breath. And for a split second its like the worlds ended."
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Nov 18, 2009 - 03 27
If you're just getting names, try it on 20 sentences
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thought Jasper. Jasper interrupted. Jasper:
Jasper:
I wanted to kill him. And now I know why (and fwiw, 20 sentences only added in one extra name)
----------Shayne Power
2009: Jericho Man (Superhero adventure)
Won in 2008 after less successful attempts in 2006 and 2007
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I wanted to kill him. And now I know why (and fwiw, 20 sentences only added in one extra name)
LOL Poor dear.
(My MCs didn't tend to appear in my summaries. Huh.)
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Years won: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Years didn't think it a good idea in October : 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009