Editing a finished note in place

Once an appointment has ended, you can change any part of its note by typing what you want. Rebrief rewrites only the words you highlight.

When the edit bar works

The edit bar opens only after you select End. It stays closed while Rebrief is listening, while the appointment is paused and while you dictate. It also waits while the note is being rebuilt, after End or Regenerate.

The bar works on every note in the appointment, including a note written on a template.

Change part of a note

1. Highlight a line, or part of a paragraph, in the finished note.
2. A small bar appears next to the highlighted words. It reads Click here to type a change…
3. Click the bar, or press Ctrl+K. On a Mac, press ⌘K.
4. Type what you want, such as "tooth and surfaces first" or "shorter".
5. Press Enter.

While Rebrief works, the bar says Changing… and the highlighted words pulse. The × on the bar cancels the change. When the new words land, the bar says Changed.

Note: Typing straight after you highlight replaces the highlighted words, as in any editor. Click the bar first, or use the shortcut.

On a touch screen, the bar reads Tap to type a change… Tap it to type.

What a change does

• The new words replace only the text you highlighted.
• They count as your own typing. A later rebuild keeps them.
• Rebrief bases the change on the note and on what was said at this visit.
• A request like "shorter" is meant to cut words, not facts.
• Read the new words before you move on.
• If the words come back the same, the bar says No change made — try wording it differently.

After a change lands

The bar then shows Apply to: with two choices.

• This note makes the same change everywhere else in this note. The bar then says how many other places changed.
• Everywhere asks Rebrief to remember the change for future notes. It becomes a rule. The article on remembering how you write explains rules.

Undo steps back one action at a time. The last step puts your words back and returns your request to the bar. You can then reword it.

Press Esc, or click anywhere else, to close the bar.

The Remember button

A separate Remember button sits beside the bar. Use it when the highlighted words already read the way you like. It opens a card that remembers how they are written, without changing them first.

If the bar stops you

• Add or skip the faded suggestion in the highlight first means your highlight includes a faded line Rebrief suggested. Add it or skip it, then try again.
• The note changed — highlight the text again means the note moved under the bar. Highlight the words again.
• The note has changed since — undo with Ctrl+Z instead means Undo can't step back safely. Use the editor's own undo.

Documents use an older toolbar

A document opened in Documents has its own selection toolbar. You reach it with Open in Documents on a document's tab. Select text there, then pick a mode.

• Recall mode answers a question about the selected text. It never changes the document.
• Edit mode rewrites the selected text the way you ask.

This older toolbar does not appear on a phone or a tablet.