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Microsoft makes Copilot easier to summon, harder to ignore in Office

theregister·Richard Speed·21 days ago
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Personal tech It looks like you're trying to get more Microsoft 365 users to engage with your assistant. Would you like help? Microsoft is "streamlining" access to Copilot within its productivity applications and updating the keyboard shortcut to activate the assistant. "We heard from many of you that you're unsure how to start engaging with Copilot," the company says , though it did not elaborate on where it had heard this. On its Microsoft 365 Copilot feedback forum , the top-voted request was for more granular agent availability controls. Awkwardly, the fifth-most-voted request at the time of writing is "Disable the M365 Copilot Floating Button in Office Apps,"  which called the feature "highly disruptive." One commenter stated: "Not allowing users to remove this floating bubble is beyond obnoxious." Fortunately for such refuseniks, Microsoft is going to make accessing Copilot more straightforward. First, the company is reducing the number of entry points to its assistant.…

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