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Use it: budget a long document

Fit a long source into a small window, honestly.

What you’ll learn

Measure before you send
Estimate the number of pieces a source will need.
About 4 minutes · Open activity
What fits, what waits
Choose which parts of a source to include first.
About 4 minutes · Open activity
Split without breaking meaning
Divide a source at a place that preserves sense.
About 4 minutes · Open activity
Say what you left out
Record the omission that could change an answer.
About 4 minutes · Open activity
Check the answer used it
Verify a response against the part you actually supplied.
About 4 minutes · Open activity
Apply it: budget a long document
Carry out the whole decision once: plan how to fit a long source into a limited context, and say what was left out.
About 5 minutes · Open activity
Explain why context needs a better route
Reconstruct text pieces, read a toy representation, and find the distant information a small summary missed.
About 6 minutes · Open activity