When you open a document, Copilot will generate a summary in the Word window. You can hide the summary or open the Copilot chat pane to ask specific questions about the document.
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Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Automatic summary of documents on file-open in Word
- General availability
- 2024-08
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- Added
- 12 Jun 2024
- Last modified
- 06 Jan 2026 00:15 UTC
- First archived
- 25 Aug 2026
- Release rings
- General Availability
- Clouds
- Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)