Microsoft Excel
Excel's Copilot-powered Formula Completion is now available on the desktop app — not just Excel for the Web. Type an equals sign, and Excel suggests complete formulas based on your data context. Here are three examples showing how it works. Extracting First Names With a "Rep Name"
Microsoft Copilot
In this live session, Chris Menard and Melissa Ballesteros walk through practical tips for getting more out of Microsoft 365 Copilot. From Excel formula suggestions to AI-powered notebooks and PowerPoint presentation creation, this 45-minute session covers the features that matter most for everyday productivity. Excel Formula Completion with TEXTAFTER Chris
Microsoft Excel
Excel's Copilot formula completion feature can write complex XLOOKUP formulas for you. Instead of memorizing syntax and figuring out the arguments, you describe what you want in plain English and Copilot generates the formula. In this tutorial, Chris Menard demonstrates this using a sneaker sales dataset. Watch the
Microsoft Excel
If you've clicked the Copilot icon in Excel and gotten a task pane that doesn't look quite right, you're not alone. The default pane opens a general chat window, but the real productivity gains come from switching to App Skills — the workbook-aware Copilot experience
Microsoft
Microsoft 365 has been rolling out changes across the board. In this post, I cover three announcements worth paying attention to: a LiveStream event on Copilot features, refreshed app icons across the Microsoft 365 suite, and new Copilot integration directly inside File Explorer. YouTube Video New Microsoft 365 App Icons
Microsoft Excel
Need fictitious customer data, order records, or test datasets for training, presentations, or projects? You can generate all of it using free Copilot Chat — no paid Microsoft 365 Copilot license required. In this guide, I walk through how to use Copilot Chat to create realistic sample data, structure it into
Microsoft Word
Microsoft 365 Copilot can convert Word documents into spoken audio summaries — what Microsoft calls Audio Overviews. Instead of reading a long employee handbook, report, or proposal, you can listen to it while commuting, walking, or preparing for a meeting. The audio output can be saved as an MP3 to your
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft 365 Copilot can now create PowerPoint presentations directly from Excel files. Instead of manually building slides from spreadsheet data, you point Copilot at your Excel file and it generates a complete presentation with charts, tables, and organized sections — all in under a minute. This feature requires a Microsoft 365
Microsoft Excel
Excel now has a built-in COPILOT function that accepts natural language prompts directly in cells. Instead of writing complex formulas, you type a plain English instruction, and Copilot returns AI-generated results that spill into adjacent cells — just like SORT or UNIQUE. This function works in Excel for Windows and Excel
Microsoft Copilot
If you have a Microsoft 365 business or enterprise license, you already have access to a powerful file comparison tool — and it's completely free. Copilot Chat can upload, summarize, and compare documents side by side, whether they're PDFs, Word files, or PowerPoint presentations. Accessing Copilot Chat
Microsoft Outlook
Managing emails efficiently is crucial, especially when it comes to handling attachments. I demonstrate an exciting new feature that has rolled out in Microsoft Outlook’s Copilot — the ability to summarize Outlook attachments with Copilot. While Copilot has long been capable of summarizing email bodies, this new enhancement now extends
Microsoft Copilot
If you're a Microsoft 365 Copilot user, you're in for a treat. This tool offers a feature that can significantly streamline your workflow by turning a simple list of names into a comprehensive list of email addresses. In this article, we'll explore how to