Making and converting documents
Your crew can hand you real files, not just text in a chat. Ask for a Word document, a PowerPoint deck, an Excel spreadsheet, or a PDF, and that's what you get back: a file you can open, send, and print.
What you can ask for
Say what you want and which format, in your own words:
"Turn my meeting notes into a Word document."
"Convert the JSON files here to DOCX files."
"Make a PowerPoint from this outline."
"Export these tables as an Excel spreadsheet."
"Bring
quarterly-review.mdin line with the look ofbrand.pptx."
Naming the format ("as a Word document", "to .docx") or a file ("report.docx") is what tells your gezel this is document work, so it's worth saying.
How it works
Gezel ships with DocBlocks, a document converter that runs on your own computer. When a request calls for a document, the gezel working on it gets DocBlocks' tools for that conversation. It can write Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), Excel (.xlsx), PDF, CSV, web pages, and ebooks (.epub), and turn a deck into an animated slideshow (MP4 or GIF) or images.
It works from Markdown, from Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files, and from files your crew already made. Data that isn't a document yet, such as JSON or a log, gets laid out as a readable document first and then converted, one file at a time or all together, whichever you asked for.
Your crew can read documents too. Add Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or PDF files to a project and your crew can read them as text, to summarize, compare, or answer questions about them.
Where the files go
Finished files land in the project's artifacts, listed in its Artifacts tab, next to everything else your crew makes (see Projects, threads, and where work lives). Converting never changes the files you started from, and a folder you've added read-only is never written to.
Bigger documents
For a deck or report that needs research, an outline, and a review before it's done, use a craftbook. PowerPoint from Content, Word Document from Content or Research, and Formatted Report each plan the document, write it, check it, and save the file. Ask the Meester for "a PowerPoint about…" and they'll start the right one; Craftbooks explains how they run.
If a gezel says it can't
Small models on your own computer sometimes overlook a tool they have. If a gezel says it can't make a document, ask again and name the format and the files plainly: "Convert the JSON files in this folder to .docx files."