# GPT for Word user guide

**GPT for Word** is a Microsoft Word add-in that integrates an **AI writing assistant** into the Word user interface. Use plain-language instructions to create and edit content, summarize sections or explain terms, translate text, correct grammar and style, and more.

![GPT for Word](https://autosheet.com/docs/article-images/gpt-for-word/overview.png)

## Use cases

Here are a few common use cases that you can easily handle with GPT for Word:

- **Rewrite or rephrase** content in a different style, tone, or voice.
- **Check and correct** the grammar and spelling in your document.
- **Generate** a document template, or a document draft or outline that you can then flesh out.
- **Translate** content to multiple target languages while observing appropriate localization conventions.
- **Summarize** a document into a few bullet points.
- **Explain** individual words, phrases, and paragraphs in your document.
- **Review** your document for logical structure, clarity and consistency of content, and other aspects that you want to validate.

## Features

- Prompt an AI as you would in ChatGPT or another AI chatbot.
- Use a highlighted selection or the whole document as context for your prompts.
- Preserve common formatting elements such as headings, lists, tables, and basic text styles when inserting generated content.
- Preview and refine content in a chat interface before inserting the content into your document.
- Enable Word's **Track changes** mode to keep track of your AI edits.

The following video shows you how to translate selected text and replace the selection with the translation while preserving formatting.

[Video: translate-example.mp4](https://autosheet.com/docs/video/gpt-for-word/translate-example.mp4)

## Benefits

- **Integrate AI into your content workflow.** Prompt your favorite AI directly from inside your documents. No more copy-pasting between Word and AI chatbots like ChatGPT.
- **Choose your preferred AI model.** Use models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, or Perplexity. You can also connect to local models with any LLM server that provides an OpenAI-compatible API.
- **Bring an API key to get more features at reduced cost.** You do not need an API key to use GPT for Word, but using a key gives you access to more models, affords you more control and privacy, and you pay a reduced service fee.

## What's next

- [Install GPT for Word](https://autosheet.com/docs/gpt-for-word/setup/install) if you have not already.
- [Select an AI model that best meets your needs.](https://autosheet.com/docs/gpt-for-word/setup/manage-models)
- [Author text with GPT for Word.](https://autosheet.com/docs/gpt-for-word/use/author-text)