Ask about a passage

Folio puts what you're reading into ChatGPT's message box, with where it came from. You always write the question and press send.

Ask about a selection#

Select text in the PDF, then do one of these:

• Press ⌘L (Chat › Ask About Selection).
• Right-click the selection and choose Ask ChatGPT.

The passage appears as a chip above the message box, labeled with the document name and page. Add more selections if you like, type your question, and press Return. When you send, Folio adds each passage to your message as a quote with its source, and the chip shows the same way in the conversation.

To drop a passage before sending, click the × on its chip.

Ask about a whole page#

For figures, tables, and formulas, ask about the page instead: press ⌥⌘L (Chat › Ask About Page), or right-click the page and choose Ask ChatGPT About Page followed by its number. Folio attaches an image of the page along with its text, so ChatGPT sees the layout.

Choose which chat#

The selection goes to the active chat: the one you last clicked or typed in. Click another chat first to ask there instead.

You can also pass text from one chat to another. Select part of a reply, right-click it, and choose Ask in followed by the other chat's name, or Ask in New Chat Card. See Chats and attachments.

What Folio won't do#

• It won't send a message. Only your Return or your click on Send does.
• It won't read or save ChatGPT's replies.
• It won't queue, schedule, or retry messages.

If chatgpt.com changes and Folio can't find the message box, the chat shows a notice and selections are pasted as plain text instead. See Troubleshooting.