Most of us work with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft 365 apps primarily on a computer, via the desktop or web apps. While you’re on the go, the mobile versions of these apps are handy for reviewing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, or other Office files, and you can use them to do minor editing.
But the mobile apps also have specific functions designed for your smartphone’s smaller screen and touch interface that can help you do more in-depth work. In this guide, we’ll explain what these mobile-first features are and how to use them.
Note: This guide refers to the individual Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, and PowerPoint mobile apps for Android and iOS. There’s also a general Microsoft 365 app (which Microsoft confusingly renamed “Microsoft 365 Copilot”) for both platforms that includes versions of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word built into it. But some of the features covered in this guide are not available in these apps within the M365 Copilot app, so we prefer to use t
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella last week announced that the company now has more than 20 million enterprise users paying for Microsoft Copilot, according to TechCrunch. That’s up 33% from the 15 million paying customers Microsoft claimed in January.
The AI assistant is now directly integrated in programs such as Word, Excel, and Outlook and Microsoft is rolling out new agent features that allow Copilot to perform multiple steps automatically directly within documents and presentations.
According to Nadella, the number of questions asked of Copilot per user rose by nearly 20% compared to the previous quarter. Weekly usage is now reportedly on par with the Outlook email service.
Microsoft says one advantage for Copilot is that it is no longer locked to a single provider of AI models. In addition to OpenAI’s GPT models, it now also supports models such as Anthropic’s Claude.
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Microsoft has beefed up Copilot’s capabilities in Word, Excel and PowerPoint, claiming its Agent Mode will help speed up workers’ output.
The new features, announced last year, mean that Copilot can work more efficiently with Office applications, for example, understanding the richness of a pivot table in Excel or the use of animations in PowerPoint.
In tests with customers and researchers, Microsoft has learned a few things about how to improve the way Copilot is deployed, and laid out some of them in a post to a company blog. Now, it said, Copilot takes action rather than just suggesting steps — although ensuring that users maintain control. Other improvements include the ability to work with different models and better integration of Work IQ to deliver higher quality output.
Further developments are in the pipeline, Microsoft said, including improved editing for complex workflows such as finance spreadsheets and legal documents, more visibility on changes, and a more seamless integr