NewMicrosoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) · Word · Excel · PowerPoint
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Chat can now better match search results from Scanned PDFs and from text inside images embedded in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Copilot Chat will now extract and index text from scanned PDFs and images embedded in Office documents, enabling users to search and retrieve content from previously unsearchable sources like scanned contracts, embedded screenshots, and whiteboard photos.
Key dates
- — preview (Feature currently in development; no GA date specified)
Microsoft's description
Copilot Chat can now better match search results from Scanned PDFs and from text that appears inside images embedded in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files — such as scanned contracts in Word, screenshots of tables in Excel, or whiteboard photos in PowerPoint — content that was previously difficult to search and find.