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How do I take notes in a meeting and clean them up?

You will paste your messy notes and get back a clear, short summary.

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Messy notes are fine. You do not need perfect spelling or full sentences. Just catch the main points as you go.

After the meeting, paste your rough notes into ChatGPT. Ask it to make them clear and short.

It can pull out the key points and any to do items. You get a tidy list you can read or share.

Try this
  1. During the meeting, jot quick notes any way you can.
  2. After, open ChatGPT and start a new message.
  3. Paste your rough notes into the box.
  4. Ask it to make a short, clear summary with action items.
  5. Read it over and fix anything that looks wrong.
A message you can copy

Here are my rough meeting notes. Please clean them into a short summary with clear points and a list of to do items. Notes: [paste them here]

Paste it into ChatGPT, then change the words in brackets to fit you. It opens in a new tab, so you will not lose this page.

Buddy, your friendly guide
Buddy says

Ask for the to do items as their own list. It makes follow up easy.

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