Copilot For OneDrive Will Fetch Your Files and Summarize Them

An upcoming April release of Copilot for OneDrive will be able to find, summarize, and extract information from a wide range of files, including text documents, presentations, spreadsheets, HTML pages and PDF files. 'Users can ask Copilot to tailor summaries to their liking, such as only including key points or highlights from a specific section,' reports The Verge. From the report: The chatbot will also be able to respond to natural language prompts and answer highly specific questions about the contents of a user's files. Some examples given by Microsoft included asking Copilot to tabulate a week's worth of beverage sales and throw the data in a table view by day. Or, asking it to list the pros and cons of a project, or display the most recent or relevant files. Users can even ask Copilot for advice on how to make their documents better. Copilot on OneDrive will also be able to create outlines, tables, and lists for users, based on existing files. A few examples given were:

- Using the /sales-enablement.docx as reference, create an outline of a sales pitch to a new customer.

- For these selected resumes, create a table with names, current title, years of experience, educational qualifications, and current location.

- Create a list of frequently asked questions about project Moonshot.

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