Google says the Gemini app can now generate, preview and edit files in chat, including PDFs on web and mobile and Docs, Sheets and slides on the web. These prompts are our own. Results vary, so read every file before you share it.
A prompt pattern that works
State the format, the audience, the structure and the length, then say what to leave out.
Starter prompts
- Study guide (PDF): “From the notes I uploaded, create a one-page PDF study guide for a beginner. Use headings, five key terms with plain definitions, and three practice questions. Do not add facts that are not in my notes.”
- Meeting summary (Doc): “Turn the text below into a Google Doc: a three-sentence summary, a list of decisions, and a table of action items with owner and due date. Mark anything unclear as ‘to confirm’.”
- Budget tracker (Sheet): “Create a Google Sheet to track monthly household expenses with columns for date, category, amount and note, and a summary table of totals by category.”
- Slides: “Create a five-slide deck introducing our product to new customers: problem, solution, how it works, one example and next steps. Keep each slide to four short bullets.”
- Checklist (Markdown): “Write a Markdown checklist for launching a small online shop, grouped by week.”
Editing in the chat
Open the file full screen and type changes yourself, or highlight a passage and ask: “Shorten this to two sentences”, “Make this friendlier” or “Is this claim supported by my notes?”
Review checklist
- Check names, dates and numbers against your source.
- Confirm formulas in spreadsheets give the right totals.
- Remove anything you did not ask for.
For more, see our guides on image prompts, reviewing long documents with AI and a reusable prompt workflow, plus the Gemini page.