Microsoft Copilot can now help with Excel formulas, make PowerPoints, and more [Video]

After a year and a half of Copilot, the generative AI tool is getting to a genuinely useful place. That literal and figurative place is in Microsoft Excel.

At the Microsoft 365 Copilot livestream on Monday, CEO Satya Nadella announced Copilot features for the OG spreadsheet program and other 365 apps like PowerPoint, a collaborative “canvas” called Copilot Pages, and customizable AI Agents.

While the livestream was mostly meant for Microsoft’s enterprise customers and not for the casual viewer (it was hosted on LinkedIn, for Pete’s sake), there were plenty of features and announcements for every Microsoft 365 user to appreciate.

We’ve rounded up the takeaways from the event that you need to know about.

New Copilot features in Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, Word, and OneDrive

As mentioned above, Copilot for Excel is a noteworthy addition to the suite of capabilities. Copilot can help Excel users format data, help with common …