Copilot Essentials for Microsoft Office

**This course includes downloadable course files to work with and follow along.**

Copilot Essentials for Microsoft Office teaches you how to use Microsoft 365 Copilot as a working partner inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. This course helps you speed up your repetitive tasks so you can focus on decisions that actually need your attention.

Many professionals start each day facing a blank page, a messy spreadsheet, or an overflowing inbox. We begin by tackling these everyday frustrations, showing why prompt-writing is the one skill that determines whether Copilot's output helps or wastes your time.

From there, you build practical skills across each app. You will learn to generate structured drafts in Word, build formulas and charts in Excel without memorizing syntax, turn outlines into full slide decks in PowerPoint, and manage email with summaries and drafted replies in Outlook. Personalization settings let you tailor Copilot's tone and priorities to match your role.

Through the course we’ll use examples to reinforce your learning. Including asking Copilot to summarize a 40-page report before a meeting, building a KPI dashboard from raw sales data, turning a Word document into a client-ready presentation, or drafting a follow-up email after a long thread. Each example shows how a clear, detailed prompt turns a routine task into a finished result.

By the end, you have learned the skills to plan, draft, analyze, and communicate faster, while still checking Copilot's work for accuracy before you rely on it. This course suits office professionals, managers, and anyone using Microsoft 365 who wants to work with AI rather than around it.

What You'll Learn:

• Craft detailed prompts specifying purpose, audience, and tone.

• Convert unstructured text into headings, bullets, and tables automatically.

• Rewrite informal drafts into polished, professional language instantly.

• Apply Structure and Refine to format documents consistently.

• Build KPI dashboards linked to live spreadsheet formulas.

• Filter and sort pivot tables to sharpen data stories.

• Turn a Word document into a full slide deck.

• Swap presentation images for illustrations or data visuals.

• Personalize Copilot with custom instructions and work profiles.

• Schedule meetings and draft agendas straight from email threads.

• Identify high-priority emails using Copilot's inbox analysis.

• Check AI-generated summaries and data insights for hallucinations.

This course includes:

1. 56 minutes of video tutorials

2. 15 individual video lectures

3. Course files to follow along

4. Certificate of completion