Understanding Microsoft 365 Copilot and Surface

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Microsoft 365 Copilot is your AI assistant. Built into apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote, Copilot can help you:

  • Draft and rewrite text
  • Summarize emails, documents, and data
  • Generate charts, tables, or slides
  • Refine content tone and style

Surface devices can enhance this experience with flexible input methods: Pen, touch, voice dictation, and high-resolution displays. These capabilities can help you interact naturally with Copilot in ways that suit your workflow.

How they complement each other

Surface features can help you use Copilot more intuitively:

  • Surface Slim Pen 2: Handwrite notes or annotate slides directly; Copilot can help interpret and transform them into polished content.
  • PixelSense touchscreen: Can help you highlight, rearrange, or select content while using Copilot.
  • Studio Microphone: Dictate content hands-free or give Copilot voice commands. Voice Clarity technology can help make your voice more easily heard.
  • PixelSense display: Can help you compare drafts, slides, or notes side by side.

Tip

On your Surface device, you can press Win + H to start dictation. Your spoken words are converted into text in apps like Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, or directly into Copilot’s prompt box.

A photograph of a business professional using the Surface Slim Pen 2 on a Surface device at a desk.

And Copilot can help enhance each Microsoft 365 app:

  • PowerPoint: Generate slides from written prompts, restructure content, and refine designs.
  • Word: Draft documents, summarize, and polish text.
  • Excel: Analyze data, extract insights, and generate charts.
  • OneNote: Organize notes, create project outlines, and collaborate with others.

Reflection: Think about tasks where typing slows you down. How might using Surface Slim Pen 2 and voice input with the Studio Microphone help?