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Some questions are easier to show than to type. What does this error message mean? What is this chart telling me? When am I next meeting the person who just emailed me? For a few months now, you’ve been able to share your screen with Copilot in a voice chat and simply ask. We tried it out to see what Copilot picks up—and what it takes to get it to check your calendar and files as well.

Copilot in PowerPoint has skills: saved instructions for tasks you do again and again. Microsoft ships a few, and you can now create your own – a name, a description and a set of instructions, no coding needed. We show how it works, why the description matters, and how to pass a skill on to colleagues.

In Word, Excel and PowerPoint you can now decide for yourself which AI model edits your text – OpenAI or Anthropic, depending on the task. None of this is brand new, yet plenty of people are seeing it for the first time. We looked at what is actually on offer in September 2026, why the picker differs from one app to the next, and why many people never see it at all.

Policy_final, final_FINAL, approved_v2: faced with a folder like that, Copilot has to guess which version counts, too. A status column in SharePoint fixes that, as long as you point your question at the folder. Here’s how to set it up in a few minutes.

Forecasts, statistical tests, charts Excel doesn’t even offer: Copilot now handles that kind of analysis itself, and all you do is describe what you want to know. Behind the scenes it writes and runs Python code, which you never have to see or understand. Here’s how it works and what happens to your data along the way.

Show, don’t tell: screenshots straight into Copilot chat Some questions are quicker to show than to describe: an error message, a layout that’s gone askew, a table that doesn’t look the way you expected. Copilot can now capture that part of your screen itself. You’ll find it in the plus menu next to the message… Continue reading Show, don’t tell: screenshots straight into Copilot chat

Copilot Notebooks can now turn the references you’ve gathered into a finished Office file — a Word document, an Excel spreadsheet or a PowerPoint deck. One click starts it, and you never write a prompt. We tested all three and found that what you can change afterwards depends entirely on which format you picked.

Agent Mode in PowerPoint can now take a Teams meeting or chat as the source for a presentation, turning a conversation into a first draft deck. One prerequisite is easy to miss: without a transcript, there’s nothing for Copilot to work from. We look at how to get started, what’s genuinely new here, and what to watch for.

With Voice Interaction in Audio Overview, you can now ask questions directly within Microsoft 365 Word while listening, instead of pausing playback and searching through the document yourself. This is especially useful for long proposals, meeting notes, or briefings that you want to review on the go or between meetings. We take a look at what is already known and highlight the key areas you should pay close attention to when getting started.

In PowerPoint, Copilot can now draw on enterprise images from multiple SharePoint Organizational Asset Libraries — instead of just a single central image source. That’s interesting for marketing, sales and project teams who want to adapt presentations quickly while staying on-brand. An example: a product slide needs a new visual, and Copilot draws on approved brand images from the relevant library. We’ve summarised for you what’s documented about using it and where you should look closely.