Copilot says 'Unfortunately, I cant make changes to your document directly' in Word?

Question

Trying to work with Word and Copilot and have asked several questions to add text to Footer etc and the answer is always the same ...'Unfortunately, I cant make changes to your document directly' Is there a setting somewhere I am missing?

Answer 1

@Peter Hawkes - It looks like you're facing a common issue when trying to use Copilot in Word to make direct changes to your document, such as adding text to the footer. Unfortunately, Copilot currently has limitations that prevent it from making these direct changes. This is a known restriction and not something that can be adjusted through settings.

To provide more context, Copilot is designed to assist with generating text, providing suggestions, and offering guidance, but it does not have the capability to directly modify your document. This means that while Copilot can help you draft content or suggest edits, you will need to manually implement these changes in your document.

Thanks, 

Nivedipa 

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Answer 2

What is the point of a Microsoft Word AI assistant that cannot perform operations on a Word document?

Answer 3

Hi Tom,

Thank you for writing to us .

We will pass your feedback to the Development Team. Further , for a quick discussion regarding the product features I would suggest raising a support ticket using the link below. This will allow an assigned engineer from the respective team to assist in resolving the matter promptly.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/get-help-support?view=o365-worldwide

Thank you.

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Answer 4