The New Microsoft Copilot App Is Getting the Full Office Experience — Here's What You Can Look Forward to From Word, Excel and More

Microsoft Gives With One Hand, Takes With the Other in Copilot Overhaul

Microsoft once again finds itself in the familiar position of announcing major upgrades to its flagship AI product while quietly pulling features that customers had come to rely on. The latest round of changes to Copilot, rolled out in stages through September and October 2026, consolidates chat, coding and agent capabilities into a single app. Yet the move comes with trade-offs that have left some IT administrators and power users frustrated. T…

The new Microsoft Copilot app is getting the full Office experience — here's what you can look forward to from Word, Excel and more

Microsoft wants you to work from its Copilot app so badly that Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents are now fully supported within it.

Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away: Copilot edition

Office documents in Copilot? Absolutely! Using Copilot to make Outlook themes? Nah…

Copilot: 6 Game-Changing Updates

Microsoft guide to Copilot updates: smarter memory, Library, Office in Copilot Chat, new Word PowerPoint Excel skills Memory & Personalization VisibilitySee and manage Copilot memory, custom instructions, and chat history so you control what Copilot remembers.The new personalization panel explains why Copilot answered a question and lets you adjust prompts or remove stored details. Library CentralizationThe Copilot Library stores every fil…

Microsoft Copilot Can Now Create and Edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Files

Microsoft is making its Copilot app a more complete productivity hub by bringing familiar Office tools directly into its AI-powered workspace. With the new Office in Copilot experience, users can create, edit, and collaborate on Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations without constantly switching between separate applications. Announced on October 9, 2026, the update […]