Copilot At Work: AI Tools for Office

In this course, participants will explore the advanced capabilities of Microsoft 365 Copilot, a powerful AI assistant integrated within Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Learn how to utilize Copilot to enhance document creation, data analysis, and presentation design.

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Copilot for Word

Learn to use Copilot in Word to enhance your productivity, draft and summarize documents, while understanding Copilots limitations and the importance of verifying its work and maintaining your own skills.

Copilot for PowerPoint

Copilot can help with presentation building in powerful ways - from slide design to content creation. Discover how to fully leverage Copilot to streamline your PowerPoint workflow.

Copilot for Excel

Leverage Copilot to boost your productivity when working with spreadsheets.

Course Outline: Getting Started with Copilot in Office

• Introduction to Copilot: What it is & where it shows up
• Benefits: Saving time, improving quality, reducing repetitive work
• Drafting documents from prompts
• Rewriting for tone & clarity
• Summarizing long documents
• Creating formulas & pivot tables with natural language
• Spotting trends & generating summaries
• Visualizing data with suggested charts
• Turning documents into slide decks
• Designing slides & adjusting layouts
• Refining speaker notes
• Responsible Use & Best Practices:
• Writing effective prompts
• Reviewing & fact-checking AI output
• Confidentiality reminders