In Microsoft OneNote, you can use Copilot to reason over your notes to summarize content, extract key insights, and build on your ideas. We’ve improved the way Copilot responds to your queries in OneNote, making it easier to interact with your notes using natural, everyday language.
Copilot in OneNote now understands images, tables, and more
Copilot in OneNote can now better understand your notes beyond typed text—including note tags, images, and tables—to deliver more accurate responses to your queries with the additional context. This adds to the types of rich content Copilot can already read over, such as inked notes: OneNote Copilot now supports inked notes | Microsoft Community Hub.
By reasoning over the richer set of information captured on the page, Copilot can provide better responses that understand the context in your notes. This enables a more conversational experience, where you can continue asking follow-up questions or exploring ideas without needing to reframe your request or ask a different way to incorporate the content in your other note types.
How it works
You don’t need to do anything new. Simply ask Copilot questions about your OneNote page, which can include note tags, images, tables, inked notes and more. Copilot will be able to understand these note types and give you more accurate responses to your questions. Here are some examples.
Before, Copilot did not differentiate between checked off to-do items in your notebook pages:
It did not recognize tables nor images either:
Now, Copilot understands and reasons over the full range of content in your notebook, allowing it to answer questions with deeper insight.
Scenarios to try
If you’re planning an upcoming trip and your notebook page includes a table outlining your itinerary alongside images such as destination photos or screenshots of reservations, you can ask:
"Based on the itinerary and reservation details on this page, are there any activities or bookings I may have missed for this trip?"
Availability
This feature is rolling out to users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium or Basic) license and running:
- OneNote on Windows: Version 2601 (Build 19628.20128) or later.
- OneNote on Mac and iOS: Version 16.106 (Build 26020821) or later.
Feedback
We want to hear from you! Please submit your comments and feedback by selecting Help > Feedback in OneNote or by using the Copilot thumbs up or down buttons to send comments on a specific Copilot response.
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