Get started editing with Copilot in Office

Why use editing with Copilot?

• No design skills required : Empowers you to create professional visuals without needing graphic design expertise.

• Taste-driven development: Results are not only accurate but also visually polished — documents and decks that feel professional and ready to share from the very first draft. Apply your stylistic preferences to ensure that results match your desired tone and brand.

• Agentic design: Editing with Copilot in your Office apps uses Anthropic models. It uses a custom multi-agent approach that provides a flexible way to automate multiple, complex tasks seamlessly.

Where to find editing with Copilot

You can use editing in Copilot in your Microsoft 365 Copilot app in Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, and Premium plans. For more information about editing with Copilot with Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, see

Edit with Copilot in Word

Edit with Copilot in Excel

Edit with Copilot in PowerPoint

How to access and use editing with Copilot

1. Open your Office app and sign in with your Copilot-enabled account.

2. Look for Copilot in the Home tab or sidebar.

3. Select Tools > Edit with Copilot in the Copilot prompt box.

4. In the prompt box, type your request clearly and give details what you want Copilot to do. See examples below.

5. Sit back and watch as Copilot uses AI-powered agents to build your requested content or application in real time.

Examples

• Executive brief deck

  “Create a 7‑slide executive brief on [your topic], with a title slide, 3 slides of key insights, 2 slides of risks and mitigations, and a final ‘next steps’ slide. Use a clean enterprise style and include a short presenter notes section on each slide.”

• Customer‑ready Word brief

  “Draft a 2‑page customer brief that summarizes [initiative], outlines the value for [audience], and includes a checklist for the first 30 days.”

• Education or explainer content

  “Create a simple, age‑appropriate explainer for [topic] with 5 slides, large visuals, and one hands‑on activity suggestion.”​​​​​​​

More information

Frequently Asked Questions about editing with Copilot in Office