All Microsoft and Windows apps mostly have AI, whether it’s Photos, Paint, or Office apps like Word and PowerPoint. Windows Latest has already shared our closer look at Copilot inside PowerPoint, Word or Excel. Up until now, Copilot integration has been limited, but Windows 11’s Word is now getting a new look to make room for AI.
As shown in the screenshots below, Microsoft is exploring a new UI for the AI-powered Copilot feature in Word for Windows 11. While the toolbar still has the Copilot button in addition to formatting and editing tools, Microsoft is adding suggestions below the header, followed by a floating bar at the bottom.
Depending on the type of document you’ve opened, Copilot provides suggestions like writing an article, drafting an email, or summarizing a file. These options appear at the top of the document, so you can easily choose what you’d like to do with the document.
In the above example, below the suggestions, there is a text box labeled “Describe what you’d like to write.” Here, you can type your own ideas, and the AI will help generate content based on that. Or you can also directly upload a document in PDF or other file formats.
Microsoft officials confirmed to Windows Latest that it was exploring a new UI for Copilot integration in Word, but people will need Microsoft 365 and Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription to use the feature. It’s still rolling out, so you may not see it right away in your Office Insider Channel.
Previously, Microsoft required you to hover over the text field or select texts to write an edit using Copilot.
With the new update, Microsoft is now making it a lot easier and it’s also pretty clear that the company wants more people to use Copilot when working with Word on Windows 11.
Michael Reinders, who spotted this new Copilot UI in Microsoft Word, also shared some additional screenshots with Windows Latest:
As shown in the screenshots above and below, when the Copilot floating bar was prompted to write a two-page article, it quickly generated the content using generative AI.
After generating the content, Copilot also lets you make further edits to it. You can retain the content, rate the content, or retry it again by changing your prompt.
Copilot in Word is pretty good at following the base prompt, but you always have the choice of making changes.
As mentioned above, Microsoft told us that it’s rolling out the new Copilot UI to some testers and will share more details soon.
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