PDFs, Word Docs and Spreadsheets: What AI Can Do

Documents and Text Files · 5 min · text

Course outline

1. Documents and Text Files

• PDFs, Word Docs and Spreadsheets: What AI Can Do
• Best Formats to Use and Why
• Asking AI to Summarise, Extract or Rewrite
• What AI Misses with Documents

2. Images and Visual Files

• What AI Can See in a Photo or Screenshot
• Floor Plans, Mockups and Hand-Drawn Sketches
• Limitations: Resolution, Handwriting, Complex Diagrams
• Modules 1 and 2 Quiz

3. Audio and Video

• Transcription Tools and How to Use Them
• Getting Meeting Notes from a Recording
• When AI Transcription Is Good Enough

4. Data, Spreadsheets and CSVs

• Asking AI to Analyse and Explain Data
• Summarising Reports and Spotting Trends
• Privacy: What Data Should Never Go Into a Prompt
• Getting files back out, on all four tools
• Modules 3 and 4 Quiz