Chat & AI
Replying to part of a message
Highlight a sentence, press Reply, and your next message quotes exactly that so the AI knows what you mean.
Step 1
Highlight the part you mean
Select at least three characters in any message, yours or the AI's. When you let go, a small dark toolbar appears just above the selection with Ask about this, Reply and a copy icon.
Step 2
Or right-click the whole message
Right-click anywhere on a bubble without selecting and the same toolbar appears for the whole message. Right-clicking an image or a link keeps the browser's own menu.
Step 3
Press Reply
Reply puts the highlighted text into the composer as a quote banner above the box. Type your question under it and send.
Step 4
The quote in the composer
The banner sits inside the message box with the quoted text and a cross. Press the cross to drop the quote and send a plain message instead.
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Press Enter to send, Shift+Enter for new line
Step 5
It stays on your message
The quote goes with the message and stays visible on it afterwards, so the thread of thought is clear when you scroll back.
Step 6
Reply to an image
Hover a generated image and a column of buttons appears in its bottom corner. Press Reply, at the top of the column, to quote the image itself. The banner shows a thumbnail, and your message is about that picture.
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Reply versus Ask about this
Reply keeps the conversation in the main chat. Ask about this opens a separate thread about the highlighted text, which is better for a tangent you do not want in the main flow. See Using threads.
Try it in Secretary, or create an account to get started.
Related guides
Starting a new chat
The start screen, starter prompts, temporary chats, and what New chat does once you are already in a conversation.
Attaching files to a chat message
Add a file from your computer so the AI can read it: press the paperclip, drag it in, or paste it.
Scoping a chat to specific documents or folders
Point the AI at exactly the files in your library it should answer from, and choose how deeply it reads them.