Blog · 2026-09-10
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft M365): Copilot Chat can now better match search results from text that appears inside images embedded in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file
Ship Outcomes, Not Chat
What it is
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft M365): Copilot Chat can now better match search results from text that appears inside images embedded in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file. Tags: Copilot. Roadmap id 570469.
What it does
Copilot Chat can now better match search results from text that appears inside images embedded in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files is user's working files — such as scanned contracts in Word, screenshots of tables in Excel, or whiteboard photos in PowerPoint — content that…
What to worry about
Search-plus-chat is useful discovery. Do not mistake fluent answers for shipped outcomes.
What it means for users
Treat Copilot as the door people already open. Route work through agents that finish steps under identity and audit.
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