Learning new Microsoft Office tricks in "just a minute"
Things are constantly being updated in the Microsoft Copilot offering, and it’s not unusual to see Microsoft retire or alter specific features as time progresses. In this retirement, Microsoft is removing some of the Copilot menu options when you are looking at the File Explorer menu, and replacing it with a single Ask Copilot option. Here’s what that looks like…
One of the Outlook features that I used to like was the ability to have Copilot automatically prioritize my inbox. It would learn as it went along, and you’d find new emails getting up or down arrows as it attempted to help manage new emails. Unfortunately, Microsoft has decided to retire that feature, so you won’t be seeing it any longer. Here’s the Microsoft messaging on the retirement…
If you’re using Copilot Chat, you’re probably familiar with providing one or more files for grounding your prompt. You may not know that you can also ground your chat in emails. This means you can take an informational email and use it in your Copilot chat session for asking questions. Here’s how that looks…
With everyone’s busy schedules, it’s not unusual to have to miss meetings where you are double- (or TRIPLE-) booked. Then you need to try to find time to listen to the recording, sometimes at double-speed to save time. Now if you have Copilot, you can use the Audio Recap feature to get a concise synopsis of the meeting in a fraction of the time. This is how it looks and works…
It’s not unusual to have a long email thread that is looking like a meeting needs to occur. But trying to find all the people, summarize the agenda, and find the best possible time can be a real chore. However, using the Schedule with Copilot feature in New Outlook/Outlook on the web can most of that work for you. Here’s how that works…
One of the best features of Copilot is that it can help you draft emails and replies based on custom instructions you provide Copilot in the New Outlook and/or Outlook on the web settings. Here’s how you can update those instructions and how it works…
If you are looking at a large document in the browser-based version of Microsoft Word, you might feel a bit overwhelmed when it comes to getting an overall understanding of what it contains. Copilot can help with a Summary at the top of the document, along with a variety of options to tailor your overview to what you need. Here’s what that looks like…
SharePoint and OneDrive make it really easy to share files with others, but by default the recipient gets an email with the file link, and that’s about it. Wouldn’t it be nice to give them a summary of what’s in the file when they get that link email? With Copilot, it’s really simple. Here’s how that works…
I recently covered how Copilot provides an automatic summary of a Word document from SharePoint or OneDrive. Copilot also does much the same thing with a PDF document, but it’s not as “automatic” as it is with Word. Here’s how the summary works for PDFs…
