# Rewrite or Reformat Selected Text on Android Without Leaving the App

A practical guide to Nibit Transforms: clean up, reformat, or rewrite selected text from the keyboard, system text menu, Share sheet, or QuickHub.

_Guides · September 22, 2026_

You already have the text in Messages, email, Docs, or a form field. It just needs a cleanup, a shorter version, a format fix, or a tone pass. The usual path is copy, switch apps, edit, copy again, paste. That path is what Transforms are meant to skip.

## What Transforms are

A Transform takes selected text and applies an edit in place. Local transforms handle repeatable formatting and cleanup on device. AI transforms can rewrite, summarize, translate, or follow a custom prompt when you need more judgment.

The point is not a separate writing app. It is an edit where the text already lives.

## Ways to run a Transform

Nibit gives you several entry points so you can pick the least disruptive one:

- **Transforms tab on the Nibit keyboard**: select text, switch to Nibit, tap Transforms, choose one
- **System text menu**: select text in any app and use the Nibit **Process text** action when it appears
- **Share sheet**: share text to Nibit, run a transform, then paste or insert the result
- **App home**: open Nibit and run a transform from the home screen
- **QuickHub tile**: keep transforms reachable without a full keyboard switch

If you only remember one path, start with select text, then Process text, then Nibit. Many people never need to leave the app they were already editing.

## Local transforms vs AI transforms

**Local transforms** are deterministic and available to everyone. Use them for formatting, cleanup, extraction, and other repeatable edits that should behave the same every time.

**AI transforms** use cloud AI for rewrite, improve, translate, summarize, and custom prompts. Custom AI transforms require **Cloud Pro**.

Start with local transforms for daily cleanup. Add AI transforms when the edit needs judgment rather than a fixed rule.

## First transforms worth trying

Local transforms are the fastest to start with. They work offline and instantly:

- **Trim whitespace**: normalize spacing and clean up edges
- **Title case** or **Lowercase**: fix capitalization in one tap
- **Remove line breaks**: flatten text into one paragraph
- **Sort lines**: alphabetize lists without leaving the app
- **Extract emails** or **Extract URLs**: pull addresses or links out of messy text

AI transforms like **Fix Grammar & Spelling**, **Make Concise**, and **Translate** are worth adding once you hit Cloud Pro, but start with the instant local ones.

Keep the first set small. One reliable cleanup transform beats a long menu you never open.

## Keep your main keyboard

Nibit does not need to replace Gboard or SwiftKey. Type normally, then use Nibit only when you want a transform, snippet, Quick Link, clipboard item, or dictation pass.

### Edit where the text already is

Transforms are built for in-place edits. Prefer the system text menu or Share sheet when you do not want to switch keyboards at all.

For related keyboard workflows, see [How to use text snippets on Android](/guides/android-text-snippets). For transform details, see the [transforms manual](https://manual.nibit.app/transforms/overview/).

### Try a local transform on selected text

Select a sentence in any app, run a local transform, and keep the edit in the same field.