Question 1: Use the auto summarize capability in MS Word against a textual item you have.How well did it work. Search the Internet for other sites that allow you to submit text to be summarized and look at those results. What seems to work and what are the inherent limits in text summarization.
Question 2: Expand the discussion on text summarization to when you are summarizing across multiple items. What functions and capabilities are essential in the displayof the summarized information to assist the user in validating the results and feeling confident about its completeness?