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Luca_de_Wet
Mar 27, 2024Copper Contributor
Microsoft CoPilot error message - Something went wrong
I have asked an open-ended question for copilot in MS Word to write a research report using the company's financial statements as a reference file. I provided the financial statements in Word format ...
UB
Jun 23, 2026Tin Contributor
Copilot in MS Word is heavily geared toward editing—adding, deleting, or rewriting—content within the document itself. If you need to incorporate extensive external references, it is advisable to first discuss the plan in Copilot Chat and generate the Word document from scratch. A more reliable approach is to use Cowork directly, as its context management capabilities far surpass the stripped-down version of Copilot found within the app.