Autocomplete

As you write, Papero suggests how your sentence could go on. A suggestion is at most one sentence, in the language of your document, and it appears after your cursor until you take it or carry on typing. Nothing goes into your text until you accept it.

On a Mac, read ⌘ wherever this page says Ctrl, and ⌥ (Option) for Alt.

When a suggestion appears

Papero waits for a short pause in your typing, then suggests when you have:

• finished a sentence and typed the space after it;
• pressed Enter to start a new paragraph;
• typed a good stretch of new text since the last suggestion.

To write the suggestion, Papero reads the text before your cursor, the heading of the section you are in and its section prompt, and the document prompt. Good prompts give better suggestions; see Outlines and headings.

Papero suggests text in paragraphs only, never in a heading, a caption, a note or a code block. It does not suggest on its own inside a quote or a table cell, because a quote holds a source's exact words and a cell holds data. You can still ask there with Ctrl+/.

If you dismiss two suggestions in a row, Papero waits a minute before it suggests again on its own.

Accept or skip a suggestion

• Press → or Accept to take the whole suggestion.
• Press Alt+→ to take the next word only.
• Press Shift+→ for a different suggestion.
• Press Esc, or keep typing, to skip it.
• Press Ctrl+/ to ask for a suggestion at any time.

These keys are also in Keyboard shortcuts.

Under the suggestion, a small bar holds Accept, Accept and cite, Refine and two thumbs. Accept and cite takes the suggestion, then opens the citation search for the sentence you just accepted. On a phone, the bar sits in the toolbar's row, and More suggestion actions holds the rest.

Refine a suggestion

Press Refine to open Refine this suggestion. Pick a change and Papero rewrites the suggestion in place:

• Content: Stay on topic (keeps to your document and section prompts), Complete this paragraph (finishes it in two or three sentences), Increase novelty (a sharper, more specific point), Hedge unsupported claims (softens claims that no citation supports) and Try another (a different suggestion, in another direction).
• Style: Simplify language, More academic, Shorter and Longer.
• Sources: on Plus, Cite from my library and Add a citation. When the suggestion already has citations, Without citations keeps the text and removes them, on any plan.

You can also type your own change where it says Or say what to change, then press Go. Your last instructions appear as chips under Recent instructions, so you can send one again with a click.

Suggestions with citations

On Plus, a suggestion can cite your own sources and papers Papero finds for the section. Each section in the prompts panel has a Sources setting that decides this:

• Auto: suggestions may cite your sources and papers Papero finds.
• Off: no citations in this section's suggestions.
• Selected: suggestions cite only the sources you choose. Press Choose sources and tick them.

A Heading 3 section follows the setting of the Heading 2 above it, shown as Same as and that heading's name, until you pick a setting of its own. Add a citation in Refine needs a heading above the suggestion and that section's Sources on Auto.

On Free, there is no Sources setting, and Refine offers only Without citations under Sources, when a suggestion has citations. Once you have uploaded a PDF to your library and it is ready, the bar shows Cite from your PDFs, and Papero cites from your own PDFs. See Upload PDFs.

Rate a suggestion

The thumbs on the bar are Good suggestion and Poor suggestion. After you press one, Papero asks What was good? or What went wrong?. Pick any reasons, such as Accurate or Off topic, add a comment if you like, and press Send. Press Skip to send only the thumb.

Turn suggestions off

Use the Autocomplete switch at the right end of the toolbar. It is the same setting as Autocomplete while you write in Settings > Writing. With suggestions off, Ctrl+/ still asks for one when you want it.

Your allowance

Suggestions count against your plan's AI allowance when you accept them, and there is also a cap on how many are shown. Usage in the account menu shows what you have left. See Your AI allowance. When you reach a limit, a notice says that suggestions are paused, and until when if it knows, with Upgrade and Hide this notice. To compare the plans, see pricing.

Suggestions need a confirmed email address. See Create your account.

Next: rewrite text you have already written.