translation help please: een gecomprimeerd geheel

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translation help please: een gecomprimeerd geheel

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Kun je niet beter kopiëren, en dan nog een keer kopiëren naar word? En dan weggooien wat je niet nodig hebt, en het laatste ordenen en aanpassen aan vroegere aantekeningen? Dan krijg je een gecomprimeerd geheel van wat je nog moet leren?

Wouldn't it be better to make a copy, and then copy it again into Word [word processor], and then throw away what you don't need, and organize and arrange that into your previously mentioned(?) hand-written notes? Then you have a condensed whole(?) of what you still need to learn.

note: regarding the first copy mentioned, they are talking about copying from an online source (a chat page) onto another page on the same site where the chat can be preserved, then copying that into the word processor.

I don't quite grasp "een gecomprimeerd geheel" and I'm not sure why they used the word "vroeger," unless they were referring to hand-written notes which were previously mentioned.
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Hoi brucenator,
Ik zou die uitdrukking als hieronder vertalen:
''een gecomprimeerd geheel'' = a resume of (the written work previously mentioned).
Dit klinkt maar gewoon.
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A resume of .... seems like a good translation.
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Geweldig! Heel erg bedankt!
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