Get answers and insights about your Microsoft Copilot Notebook

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In Microsoft Copilot Notebooks, you can ask Copilot for key outputs, information on topics, analysis, and insights that are focused on just the content in your notebook.

Ask Copilot about the contents in your notebook

Copilot will provide an answer grounded on the references in your notebook. Learn more about Copilot grounding.

1. Select the notebook you want to work on. 

2. In the Message Copilot compose box, ask Copilot a question about your notebook or use one of the suggested prompts. For example:

   Summarize all the information I've collected on the U.S. eBike market.

3. Select Send .

Reference limits and supported content types

Supported Content types:

• Files: .docx, .pptx, .xlsx, .pdf, .loop, .page, OneNote pages, OneNote notebooks, .txt, .md

• Entities: web URLs, Outlook emails, Teams meetings (including transcript, chat, and shared content), SharePoint sites and pages, folders

• Coming Soon: .csv, .tsv, .png, .jpg, Teams chats

Even if you share your notebook with others, your conversations with Copilot remain private.

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