Important: This feature requires an eligible Google Workspace or Google AI plan. Learn about Gemini features and plans.
In Google Docs, use “help me create” to create formatted documents from scratch. Based on your existing Workspace files (“@ filename”), you can create:
- Proposals
- Project trackers
- Brainstorm documents
- Blog posts
- Press releases
- Campaign briefs
- Menus for dinner parties
- Family newsletters
- Vacation itineraries and more
Generate a document with Gemini
Important: This feature is currently available on desktop.
- On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
- In the document, click File
New
- In the window that opens, enter a prompt that describes your document.
- Tip: To get ideas for new prompts, explore the suggested prompt tiles or click Shuffle
- Tip: To get ideas for new prompts, explore the suggested prompt tiles or click Shuffle
- Optional: To add related documents, next to the prompt, enter the “@” symbol.
- To generate a document, click Next.
Tip: Once you submit your request and all related documents, Docs will generate:
- A document with images or cover images. Learn more about cover images.
- A document with different styles based on your prompt.
Note:
- Help me create can’t currently incorporate web search results or content from your Workspace files (unless explicitly mentioned using @filename).
- Help me create is currently limited to content extraction from other Workspace files and doesn’t include structure or style from those files.
Here are some quick tips to help you write prompts to create documents with “help me create” in Google Docs:
- When you write prompts:
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Make it a conversation |
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- Learn how to bring your best ideas to life with Google Workspace with Gemini. Get Generative AI training & help.
To get better results, provide as much relevant context as possible and build on your prompts, such as:
Give feedback on generated documents
Google Workspace with Gemini is constantly learning and may not be able to support your request. Because feedback may be human readable, please do not submit data that contains personal, confidential, or sensitive information.
If you get a suggestion that’s inaccurate or that you feel is unsafe, you can submit feedback. Your feedback can help improve AI-assisted Workspace features and broader Google efforts in AI.
- At the bottom left of the generated document, a message shows up, select Good draft document
or Bad draft document
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- In the pop-up window, you can select the data you want to share along with your feedback, including prompts, additional context, and outputs. If you don’t want to share certain data, you can uncheck it.
- If you select Bad draft document
- If you select Bad draft document
- Select Submit.
To provide general feedback on this feature, at the top, go to Help
To report a legal issue, create a request.
Learn about Gemini feature suggestions
- Gemini feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and shouldn't be attributed to Google.
- Do not 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 about their experience using this feature. End users are informed before they submit feedback that the feedback data shouldn’t contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information.
- Your conversations with Gemini in Docs aren't saved to Gemini Apps Activity. When you delete your Gemini in Docs conversation history, it doesn't delete any information that's saved to your Gemini Apps Activity. Learn how to delete your Gemini Apps Activity.
- Generated images are for use only within Google Docs.
- Gemini generated images are designed to bring your imagination to life in Docs, and may not represent real-world situations.