January 2025
Beginner to intermediate
368 pages
9h 49m
English
Content preview from Microsoft 365 Copilot At Work
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CHAPTER 12Transforming Text with Copilot in Microsoft Word
Often considered the cornerstone of the Microsoft Office suite, Word has been a leading word processing application for decades. Its popularity stems from its versatility as an application that can seamlessly transition between business, personal, and academic domains. Microsoft Word is used for everything from drafting blog posts to capturing old family recipes, documenting essential research findings, formalizing business contracts, and telling stories. For many, it is one of the first applications they learn how to use and becomes a staple in their transition from student to business professional.
This chapter discusses how to integrate Copilot into your workflow in Microsoft Word. We will cover how to use Copilot to help ideate around a particular topic and then iterate on your draft until it’s ready to move forward. We will walk through using Copilot to help create new content from existing content by incorporating reference documents as part of your prompt. Next, we’ll explore how Copilot can act as your own personal editor, leveraging its grasp on language to suggest edits, rewrites, or recommendations for tone, clarity, and readability. Finally, we will look at using Copilot to quickly build an understanding of a document through natural language.
Getting Started with Copilot in Word
The Copilot experience in Microsoft Word is perhaps one of the most intuitive when it comes to partnering with an AI assistant. ...
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