We are in the era of artificial intelligence (AI). Every program or product is getting an AI touch these days.
Microsoft is adding its AI tool Copilot to the Windows operating system as well as Office apps like Word and Excel.
Microsoft Office 365 Personal and Family subscriptions offer Copilot, the AI assistant from Microsoft based on ChatGPT. This means that users who are using Office 365 Personal and Family can use Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote.
If you are using Office apps such as Word to create documents, you can use Copilot to boost your creativity and productivity. The Copilot in Office Word can compose documents in a much shorter time than you would generally need.
Copilot in Office Word can also summarize a Word document, create an image, and insert it into the Word document. All in all, Copilot can help you create documents quickly and with much less effort.
Now that you know how handy the Copilot in Office Word program is, you might wonder how to enable or turn it on.
This guide shows you how to turn on or enable Microsoft Copilot in the Office Word program on a Windows 10/11 PC.
Turn on or enable Copilot in the Office Word app on Windows 11/10 PC
NOTE: Turning on the Copilot in Word on a computer will turn on the Copilot across all your computers (including Macs) using the same Office subscription.
Step 1: Launch the Word program.
Step 2: Click the File menu and then click Options.
Step 3: On the left pane, click Copilot. Now, on right side, check the Enable Copilot checkbox. Click the OK button. If this option is missing, you can follow the directions from Step 4 onwards to enable Copilot.
Step 4: Click the Home tab and the Copilot icon in the ribbon. If the Copilot icon is missing, chances are you are running a version of Office Word that does not support Copilot.
Step 5: When you get the following message prompt, click the OK button. You can get the message if one or more connected experiences options are turned off on the Office Word privacy page.
Step 6: In the Word program, click the File menu and then click Account to open the Account page.
Step 7: Here, under the Account Privacy section, click the Manage Settings button to open the Privacy Settings dialog.
Step 8: You need to turn on Experiences that analyze your content, Experiences that download online content, and All connected experiences by selecting the respective check boxes.
Step 9: Click the OK button. A prompt will ask you to restart the Office Word app. Please close the app and then launch it again.
Step 10: You have successfully turned on the Microsoft Copilot in the Office Word program. From now on, click the Copilot icon under the Home tab to start using Copilot. The Copilot sidebar will open on the right side of the Word window with options.
You can also simultaneously press the Alt and I keys to start drafting with Copilot.
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