Write a quick first draft

To use Gemini for Google Workspace, your Google account language must be set to an English dialect. Learn how

You can use this feature only if your organization supports it. For help, contact your administrator.

For many of us, getting started—putting those first few words on a blank page—is a challenge. This guide explains how to get past the blank page and write a first draft quickly using Gemini for Google Workspace on your computer.

               

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Before you use Gemini for Google Workspace

• Gemini feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
• Don’t rely on Gemini features as medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice.
• Gemini features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Gemini more helpful and safe.
• Enterprise end users can submit feedback to Google Workspace regarding their experience using generative AI features. End users are informed before submitting the feedback that feedback data should not contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information and may be read by humans.

To use Gemini for Google Workspace, your Google account language must be set to an English dialect. Learn how

 Write a quick first draft

Use Gemini for Google Workspace to write a quick first draft. 

Step 1. Open Help me write in Docs 

1. On your computer, open a Google Docs file.
2. In the document, click where you want to write.
3. On the left, click Help me write .

 

Step 2. Tell Gemini what you want to write

1. Enter a prompt that contains your instructions. For example:
   
   Write an outline of [project x]. Specify 4 phases: Research, Design, Testing, and Production. The project will kick off Q2 this year and wrap up in Q2 next year.
    
2. Click Create. 

Step 3. Review, refine & insert the response

1. Review the response.
2. Click Refine then choose how you want Gemini to change the content.
3. When you're finished, click Insert.

 

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