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 search and match content within scanned PDFs and text embedded in images across Office documents, improving discoverability of previously unsearchable content like scanned contracts, embedded tables, and whiteboard photos.
Key dates
- — preview (Feature currently in development)
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.