Chat with Copilot about your Word document

In addition to creating content, Copilot in Word has the ability to answer questions about the document you're reading. Once Copilot responds to your prompt, you can also view references with citations from where Copilot pulled information in your document.

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Ask questions about this document

Summarize this document - Need to get to the essence of the document quickly? Type Summarize this document into the Copilot chat pane to get a bulleted summary of the document.
Is there a call to action? - Wondering if the document contains a meaningful call to action? Ask Copilot, and it'll attempt to tell you.

Ask open-ended questions

Want to add some content or context to your document? Ask Copilot general questions, and it'll try to give you answers. For example:

How can I edit this document to make it sound more academic?
Is there a quote by a United States President about courage?

If those answers aren't in the document, Copilot will generate content for you using the underlying large language models. If you find something you like and want to add it to the document, just copy and paste from the Copilot pane to the document.

Chat with Copilot about specific text

Is there a particular section of your document that needs improvement? Copilot can help you refine it.

Highlight the text you want to chat about, then select the Copilot icon on the left and choose Chat with Copilot.

Copilot icon in chat with Word

Use the chat pane to ask Copilot anything about your selected text. For example, you could ask:

Can you highlight the passive voice parts?
Can you suggest alternative phrases for this one sentence?

Note: We're in the process of rolling out this feature. If you don't see it yet, you should have it soon.

Ask about images

Is there an image or chart in the document you want to know more about? Copy the image to your clipboard or use the Windows Snipping Tool to grab a screenshot of it. Then use CTRL+V to paste the image into the Copilot prompt box along with your question.

A screenshot of Copilot. An image of a dog has been pasted in along with the prompt "How many dogs are shown in this image?" Copilot has accurately responded and provided additional description of the image.