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Clean up document styles without rewriting meaning

Formatting cleanup should preserve content and improve structure.

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Clean up document styles without rewriting meaning

Formatting cleanup should preserve content and improve structure. Ask for named styles and a change report so the review can focus on unintended edits.

Prepare the source material

Choose a document role and attach only the approved source material. Specify the audience, desired sections and output format before starting. A local task needs compatible document tooling; the sandbox includes document-generation libraries. Open the original DOCX in a document application to inspect page breaks, tables and headings, because an extracted text preview cannot establish layout quality.

Inputs for this workflow: A source DOCX and a short style guide.

Work through the task

  1. Map headings to a consistent hierarchy.
  2. Normalize lists and table labels while preserving wording.

A brief you can adapt

Create formatted-copy.docx using heading styles and consistent paragraph spacing. Do not paraphrase the source. Report text changes if unavoidable.

The filenames above are examples. Replace them with your actual inputs and destination before submitting the task.

Review the deliverable

Compare extracted text before and after, then inspect page breaks and tables in the document application.

Where this approach can fail

Text equality does not guarantee visual correctness; both content and layout need review.

For the related desktop setup, see review results.

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