Writing a document in Word is a step-by-step process. You get an idea, you investigate it, and when you are sufficiently informed you write. It is an ongoing struggle to gather relevant information about topics so you can get to the point of writing. To learn more about subjects you are trying to write about, you typically turn to the internet, which has the potential to provide valuable information about subjects of interest.

ContextExplorer™ for Word is a productivity tool that helps you realize the potential of searching the internet. It streamlines the time-consuming behind the scenes work of collecting important information from the web.

This briefing describes how ContextExplorer™ for Word helps you write – it helps you research topics and collect key points of what you read. Here are some of the behind-the-scenes questions you struggle with…and the solutions that ContextExplorer™ provides.

"I'm not sure what this topic is about…"
"My Word outline is beginning to take shape, but there are some topics that I don't understand. I need to browse through some relevant documents about those subjects."

ContextExplorer™ for Word launches topic-oriented web searches from lists of your favorite keywords for topics.

"I don't know what words to use to search about a topic…"
"I would like more information about a topic, but I'm not sure what terms to use to launch a search."

A good list of search terms for a topic is invaluable, but it's difficult to create. ContextExplorer™ for Word supports you – it automatically finds keywords, then helps you collect them into lists for your topics.

"I need to find a way to keep my searches more focused…"
"I continue to miss the mark and I get too many irrelevant results when I search."

Your lists of favorite keywords are always available to direct your search. ContextExplorer™ finds keywords and key sentences in documents – you can select them and easily refine your search.

"I spend too much time reading through documents to find information I need…"
"I spend too much time reading the full text of a document – to figure out if the document really is of interest and if it is, to hunt for the parts relevant to me.

ContextExplorer™ for Word condenses documents into their key points. Now you can read a briefing instead of the full document - you can immediately see the keywords and key points in the text.

"I need to find some relevant quotes to support my arguments…"
"I need to support what I'm writing about with quotes from the existing literature."

ContextExplorer™ for Word automatically finds key sentences in documents. It lets you collect them as notes.