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🤖 What really is a Copilot Prompt and Prompt of the Week

Published about 1 year ago • 2 min read

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Now onto today's edition.

Are you new to using Copilot? you are in the right place. Let's start with a few basics and fundamentals.

What is a prompt? A prompt is simply how you ask Copilot to do something for you.

For example: "Can you please summarize this document into 5 key points".

or

"Can you please Draft an email to the CEO asking to replace the coffee machine in the lunchroom. Please write in a professional tone with a little humor."

Most prompts that you give Copilot will be most likely in one of these categories:

  • Create
  • Edit
  • Ask
  • Catch up
  • Understand

In the next edition we will break down the different components of writing a good prompt.

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🤖Prompt of the week.

Try this in Microsoft 365 Copilot:

"What's the latest from /person, organized by emails, chats, and files?"

Are you a PowerPoint user? Try this prompt in PowerPoint:

Ask Copilot, “Create a presentation from /[document name or link].”

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That's all for this week's edition, hope you have a great week and please let me know how we are going and how you are going with Copilot.

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Growing and Transforming Businesses with Microsoft 365

by Daniel Anderson

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