As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes more of an integral part of your day to day working routine, it’s time to watch your productivity soar with Microsoft Copilot. Here, Rich Davies, Business Development Manager at Highlander IT Solutions, looks at some of the uses of Copilot within the most popular apps in the Microsoft Office 365 software suite.

Copilot will fundamentally change how people work with AI and how AI works with people – for the better. Combining the power of Microsoft 365 apps, it transforms into the most powerful productivity tool.

More than simply supercharging individual productivity, it creates a new knowledge model for every organisation, harnessing the vast amounts of data and insights that lay largely inaccessible and untapped.

Rich Davies Highlander
Rich Davies, Business Development Manager at Highlander

1. Word
Formatting Assistance: Copilot can provide real-time suggestions for formatting documents making it easier to create professional-looking documents.

Document Collaboration: allows multiple users to collaborate on a document simultaneously, with features like track changes and version history, ensuring smooth collaboration and efficient editing.

Research Assistance: assists in researching and inserting relevant information and images, into Word documents, saving time and ensuring accurate and reliable content.

2. Excel
Data Analysis and Visualisation: can help analyse and visualise data by providing suggestions for formulas, charts, and pivot tables.

Data Collaboration: enables multiple team members to collaborate on Excel spreadsheets simultaneously, providing real-time data updates and ensuring data integrity and collaboration across teams.

Data Import and Export: simplifies the process of importing and exporting data from external sources, such as databases and CSV files, making it easier to work with external data sources.

“More than simply supercharging individual productivity, it creates a new knowledge model for every organisation, harnessing the vast amounts of data and insights that lay largely inaccessible and untapped.”

3. PowerPoint
Presentation Design: offers suggestions for creating visually appealing and engaging PowerPoint presentations, including slide layouts, themes, and graphics, helping create impactful presentations.

Content Organisation: can assist in organising and structuring presentation content, providing suggestions for slide order, grouping, and sectioning, ensuring a logical flow of information.

Speaker Notes and Presenter View: helps create speaker notes and utilise the presenter view, allowing for a smooth and confident presentation delivery.

4. Outlook
Email Organisation: helps organise emails by providing suggestions for email filters, folders, and rules, making it easier to manage and prioritise incoming messages.

Calendar Management: offers assistance in scheduling and managing appointments, meetings, and events, providing suggestions for availability and helping you stay organised.

Integration with Other Tools: Copilot seamlessly integrates with other Office 365 applications, allowing business managers to easily access and share files, tasks, and contacts within Outlook.

“Copilot will fundamentally change how people work with AI and how AI works with people – for the better.”

5. OneNote
Note-Taking and Organisation: assists in taking and organising notes more effectively, providing suggestions for formatting, tagging, and categorising notes, ensuring easy retrieval and reference.

Collaboration and Sharing: real-time collaboration and sharing of OneNote notebooks, allowing multiple users to work together on the same set of notes, promoting teamwork and knowledge sharing.

To-Do Lists and Reminders: helps in creating to-do lists, setting reminders, and managing tasks within OneNote.

These are just a few examples of how Copilot can assist you in utilising the Microsoft 365 applications more effectively.

To learn more get in touch at www.highlanderuk.com

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