The Multi-Platform Nightmare Every VA Knows

You draft a perfect email in ChatGPT for Client A. You copy it. You paste it into Gmail. And suddenly:

Bullets become random symbols
Line spacing doubles for no reason
Some text is inexplicably bold

You fix it. Takes 2-3 minutes. Then Client B needs an email in Outlook. Different platform, different problems:

Font changes mid-paragraph
Numbered lists restart at 1 randomly
Weird spacing between paragraphs

Then there's Slack. Then Notion. Each platform mangles ChatGPT output in its own special way.

If you're working with 5 clients across 5 platforms, you're fixing this 40+ times per day.

Platform-by-Platform: How ChatGPT Breaks

Gmail

✗Bullets become inconsistent (• vs - vs *)
✗Line spacing doubles or triples
✗Links don't format as clickable
✗Indentation disappears

Outlook

✗Random bold and italic appears
✗Font changes to Calibri mid-text
✗Signature formatting breaks
✗Numbered lists restart incorrectly

Slack

✗Markdown shows as raw text (*bold* instead of bold)
✗Code blocks appear unexpectedly
✗Emoji codes don't convert
✗Line breaks disappear

Notion

✗Nested lists collapse to one level
✗Headers become plain text
✗Toggle blocks don't work
✗Code blocks lose syntax highlighting

The Math: How Much Time Are You Losing?

Let's do the math for a typical VA day:

5 clients using different platforms
8 emails/messages per client = 40 total
2 minutes average cleanup per paste
= 80 minutes per day just fixing formatting
= 6.5 hours per week
= 26+ hours per month

If you're billing $10-15/hour, that's $260-390/month of your time spent copying text from ChatGPT to Gmail and fixing bullets.

Not writing. Not thinking. Not providing value. Just... fixing formatting.

The Manual Workaround (And Why It's Not Enough)

The standard VA hack: paste into Notepad first, then copy from Notepad into your destination. This strips all formatting.

ChatGPT → Copy → Notepad → Copy → Gmail → Send

Problems with this approach:

You lose ALL formatting (including formatting you wanted)
Bullets become plain dashes
You have to manually recreate lists
It's an extra step every single time
Still takes 1-2 minutes per paste

There has to be a better way.

Skip the Notepad workaround entirely

DeGPT cleans ChatGPT text in one click—right inside ChatGPT. Choose your destination (Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Notion) and get perfectly formatted text.

Install Free Chrome Extension

The Solution: DeGPT with Destination Profiles

DeGPT is a free Chrome extension that adds a "Clean" button directly inside ChatGPT. Here's how it works:

Install the extension (free, takes 10 seconds)
Generate your ChatGPT response as normal
Click the DeGPT button that appears
Select your destination: Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Notion, or others
Copy and paste—formatting is perfect

The extension knows how each platform handles text. When you select "Gmail," it formats the text specifically for Gmail. Select "Slack," and it strips the markdown that would show as raw text.

No more Notepad. No more manual fixes. One click.

What DeGPT Fixes Automatically

✓Bullets and lists — Normalized for each platform
✓Markdown artifacts — Asterisks, hashtags, code blocks removed
✓Invisible characters — Zero-width spaces that cause weird spacing
✓AI phrases — Removes "I'd be happy to help!" automatically
✓Line spacing — Consistent paragraph breaks

The New Math

With DeGPT:

40 emails/messages per day
10 seconds per cleanup (one click)
= 7 minutes per day total
Time saved: 73 minutes/day
= 6+ hours per week back

That's 6 hours you can spend on actual work. Or taking on another client. Or just not working until midnight.

Related Guides

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