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Write, edit, and summarize proposals and project plans with Copilot. Analyze and explore data to create assets such as powerful, professional visualizations and project trackers. Get the same security, compliance, and privacy policies in Copilot that you’ve set up in Microsoft 365.
- Welcome to Copilot in Word
Copilot in Word ushers in a new era of writing, leveraging...
- Your AI Assistant for Work
How does Microsoft 365 Copilot work with the apps I already...
- Welcome to Copilot on Windows
Experience Microsoft Copilot on Windows devices using the...
- Welcome to Copilot in Word
- Overview
- Draft with Copilot
- Transform with Copilot
- Chat with Copilot
- Some ideas to try
- Privacy
- Current limitations
- Keep in mind...
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Copilot in Word ushers in a new era of writing, leveraging the power of AI. It can help you go from a blank page to a finished document in a fraction of the time it would take to compose text on your own. And while it may write exactly what you need, sometimes it may be "usefully wrong" thus giving you some helpful inspiration. Additionally, Copilot Chat can provide helpful actions based on your document content or obtain additional content from outside resources.
And if you’re looking for something more generic, beyond what's in your draft, you can ask Copilot Chat questions to research, ideate, or iterate on for possible content to add.
Whether you’re creating a new document or working on an existing one, Copilot can help you move forward. In a new, blank document or upon creating new line in an existing document, the Draft with Copilot experience appears.
The description you provide can be a simple sentence or a more complex request with outlines, notes, or referenced files that you want Copilot to use. You could tell Copilot "Write an essay about baseball" or "Create a paragraph about time management," for example.
For users with a Copilot for Microsoft365 license, the Reference your content button allows you to search for and include up to three of your existing files as inputs to ground the content Copilot drafts. In the compose box, you can also enter "/" and the name of the file you'd like to reference, which will update the file options shown in the menu for selection. This feature only references the files you select, not any other organizational data.
Upon proceeding, Copilot will generate and display new content accordingly. You can Keep it, Discard, or direct Copilot to Regenerate to provide a different version. You can also go back and change your starter prompt. Select < and > to navigate through Copilot's suggestions.
In the Copilot compose box, enter in details on how you would like Copilot's response to change. For example, write "Make this more concise," and Copilot will fine tune its response based on your instructions.
In a document with existing content, you can also use the Inspire Me button to have Copilot automatically keep writing for you, based on the content already in your document.
Sometimes rewriting and editing your documents takes more time and thought than writing your ideas down in the first place. Copilot not only helps you create new content, but it also helps you transform your existing content into a document you can be proud of.
With text already in your document, highlight the text that you would like to rewrite or transform into a table. In the left margin next to your text, select the Copilot icon. From the menu, select Rewrite to have Copilot provide rewritten options to choose from. You can also adjust Copilot's response by selecting the Adjust tone button or Regenerate to receive new set of responses.
After you've highlighted text in your document, you can also choose to visualize your text as a table. In the left margin next to your text, select the Copilot icon. From the menu, select Visualize as a table to have Copilot turn the text into a table. You can select Regenerate to receive a new table or Discard to remove the generated table.
Fine tune the table by entering details into the Copilot compose box about what to adjust in the table, like "Add an empty third column."
For both Rewrite and Visualize as a table, select < and > to navigate through Copilot's suggestions.
For more information, see Transform your content with Copilot in Word.
You can open the Copilot pane via the Copilot icon in the ribbon's Home tab. This helpful feature provides answers to questions—broad or specific—about your document. You can even iterate and refine with back-and-forth discussions, get a summary or specific information about the document content, or ask it to generate ideas, tables, or lists that you can copy and insert into your document.
When generating summaries or asking questions about your document, Copilot will provide references with citations to where it retrieved its information from.
Draft with Copilot
Use the Copilot prompt in the canvas to request content for any of these. •An article for my team on the importance of taking care of their wellbeing •Create a business plan for a new mobile pet grooming service •Write a marketing plan for a house painting business •Create a cover letter for a Finance Officer role
Ask Copilot about the document
In a document containing existing content, open Copilot Chat and try any of these. •What are the key points in this doc? •Summarize this document. •Is there a call to action?
Ask Copilot for info that's not in the document
In the Copilot Chat pane try any of these. •I need a chocolate chip cookie recipe. •Show me the chocolate chip cookie recipe ingredients in a table. •Give me an example haiku about Contoso coffee.
Copilot and Microsoft 365 are built on Microsoft's comprehensive approach to security, compliance, and privacy.
For more information about privacy, see the following information:
•If you’re using Copilot for Microsoft 365 in your organization (with your work or school account), see Data, Privacy, and Security for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365.
•If you're using Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps at home as part of Copilot Pro (with your personal Microsoft account), see Copilot Pro: Microsoft 365 apps and your privacy.
•The content of the chat pane isn't saved, so Copilot won't be able to refer to previous interactions there.
•Copilot may not work well with content containing SmartArt, tables, or charts.
•Copilot currently supports fewer languages than what's available for the UI. Find more information at Microsoft Copilot supported languages.
•Copilot is currently limited to a maximum of around 18,000 to 20,000 words it can process for a single query or prompt for features like generating document summaries and chatting with Copilot.
The features described here use GPT, an AI system from OpenAI that creates text based on a prompt. As it is a new system, it may create things you didn’t expect. If you find its content to be unexpected or offensive, please send us feedback so we can make it better. Because content generated via AI draws from the internet, it may contain inaccuraci...
If there's something you like about Copilot—and especially if there's something you don't like—you can submit feedback to Microsoft. Just click the thumb-up or thumb-down button in the response output. This feedback will help us improve your experience in Word.
2 days ago · Specifically, Microsoft 365 Copilot uses the following components: Microsoft 365 apps. Apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and Loop work with Copilot to support users in the context of their work. For example, Copilot in Word helps users create, understand, and edit documents.
How does Microsoft 365 Copilot work with the apps I already use? Microsoft 365 Copilot provides AI assistance within your everyday apps, responding to your prompts to help you draft content, analyze data, automate tasks, and collaborate more effectively—all without disrupting your workflow.
Nov 14, 2024 · Microsoft 365 Copilot combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your organization’s data – all in the flow of work – to turn your words into one of the most powerful productivity tools on the planet. It works alongside popular Microsoft 365 apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and more.
Copilot is available in the Home tab of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook on the web if you are a Copilot subscriber. If you also have a Microsoft 365 subscription that includes the Microsoft 365 desktop apps then you should find Copilot available in those apps as well.
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