Day 6 · 15 minutes
Microsoft Copilot
Use AI inside the apps you already have open.
~15 min read + 10 min hands-on1 Why this tool matters
If you have a Microsoft 365 license at work, Copilot is likely already there waiting — as a side panel in Word, a Draft-with-Copilot button in Outlook, a formula helper in Excel. Today is about turning it on and making it useful in the tool you already spend hours a day inside.
2 Walkthrough
- Open copilot.microsoft.com (free, no Office needed) or click the Copilot button in Word/Outlook/Excel if your organization provides it.
- In Outlook: compose a new email, click Draft with Copilot, and describe what you want to say in plain English.
- In Word: open a blank doc, click the Copilot icon, and ask it to draft a meeting agenda for a recurring team meeting.
- In Excel: select a column of numbers, click Copilot, and ask for a summary with the outliers highlighted.
- Compare how it feels versus switching to a separate tab for ChatGPT.
3 Your turn
Today’s exercise
Pick one document or email you were going to write this week anyway. Write it with Copilot inside the Microsoft app rather than with a separate chat tab. Notice what you save — or give up.
4 Pro tip
Worth keeping
Copilot's best feature in Outlook is the Coaching panel: paste a sensitive email you are about to send, and it will flag tone issues before you hit Send. Worth the insurance.
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