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PROMPTS FOR COMMON USE

CASES

Whether you’re a content creator, a developer, or an all-

rounded knowledge worker, text prompts can help you
generate ideas, streamline your workflow, and improve the
overall quality of your work. In this chapter, we will explore
some common cases where text prompts can be used to
enhance or replace manual tasks, including fiction writing,

coding, summarizing text, and more.
Keep in mind that several of the sample prompts provided

in this book are context-specific, which means that you
need to provide ChatGPT with source text or examples in
order for these prompts to be effective.

Calculate

Unlike traditional calculators or spreadsheet cells that force
you to clean up data before formulas can be applied, you
can conveniently drop text into ChatGPT and ask it to
perform various calculations. For instance, you can copy
and paste in a table of last month’s credit card expenses

and tell ChatGPT to convert all the expenses from Euro into
USD by using the conversion rate of say 1.10 and then sum
your total expenses in USD. (Note that ChatGPT won’t be

aware of the current exchange rate). This saves you time
formatting the data and also allows you to ask questions