Last updated: February 2026
Microsoft 365 Copilot empowers you to brainstorm ideas and generate new content, including storyboards, speech scripts, meeting agendas, images, charts, and presentations. Reference source materials in your prompt to give Copilot detailed guidance on what it should create.
You can also interact with Microsoft 365 Copilot using a powerful set of voice capabilities. To learn how to use voice capabilities in Copilot, see Get started with voice features in Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Create content using Copilot Chat
- Open Copilot Chat and sign in with your work or school account.
- In the Message Copilot compose box, enter your prompt asking Copilot to create content for you.
- When you're done, select
Send.
Try these prompts to create content using Copilot Chat
These example prompts cover some of things you can create with Copilot Chat. You can copy and paste these prompts or adjust them to fit your needs.
Create a template for a letter announcing an important promotion and put it in Word document.
Create a PowerPoint presentation targeted to my organization's leaders to understand the customer sentiment data in /file.xlsx.
Create an Excel spreadsheet of fake sales data for North, South, East, and West regions.
Draft an email to my team thanking them for their hard work on Project X.
- Select Edit in Outlook to send the email draft to Outlook and continue editing the email in Outlook.
Generate an image showing presentation dos and don'ts with side-by-side examples of acceptable and unacceptable practices.
- Once the image is generated, use the in-app editing tools to adjust the image .
Create an interactive, in-memory-only app to evaluate vendors after each project. The app should allow users to rate vendors on criteria such as delivery time, quality, and communication. Each evaluation should be associated with a specific project and reviewer.
- Learn more about building lightweight apps with Microsoft 365 Copilot at Build lightweight apps within Microsoft 365 Copilot Pages.
Give me a chart that breaks down the 10 lowest performing stores in North America using /file.xlsx.
I need to explain Concept A to a CEO. I need to include an explanation of what it is, how it works, and a value proposition associated with it. Create a script I could use. Also include two analogies that can help a non-technical person understand it.
Give me 10 potential name ideas for Product B that capture the attention of millennials.
Tip
You can only use the / key to reference a specific file if you have a Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription. Learn more about using Copilot Chat with or without a Copilot subscription.
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