Reformat documents, moving paragraphs or columns.

“Reformat documents, moving paragraphs or columns.” is a core task performed by Word Processors and Typists. Among the occupation's 20 rated tasks, workers place it 6th by importance (#15 most important). About 85% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Process digital or online data. in Working with Computers

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T4.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.28% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 62% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: directive
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.0 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 96% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Perform other clerical duties, such as answering telephone, sorting and distributing mail, running errands or sending faxes. · importance 4.4
• Check completed work for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and format. · importance 4.3
• File and store completed documents on computer hard drive or disk, or maintain a computer filing system to store, retrieve, update, and delete documents. · importance 4.2
• Print and make copies of work. · importance 4.2
• Transmit work electronically to other locations. · importance 4.1
• Address envelopes or prepare envelope labels, using typewriter or computer. · importance 4.0
• Gather, register, and arrange the material to be typed, following instructions. · importance 4.0
• Type correspondence, reports, text and other written material from rough drafts, corrected copies, voice recordings, dictation, or previous versions, using a computer, word processor, or typewriter. · importance 4.0
• Compute and verify totals on report forms, requisitions, or bills, using adding machine or calculator. · importance 4.0
• Manage schedules and set dates, times, and locations for meetings and appointments. · importance 3.9
• Keep records of work performed. · importance 3.9
• Electronically sort and compile text and numerical data, retrieving, updating, and merging documents as required. · importance 3.8
• Search for specific sets of stored, typed characters to make changes. · importance 3.8
• Collate pages of reports and other documents. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Word Processors and Typists page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-800,
  title  = {Reformat documents, moving paragraphs or columns.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-800}
}