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Cannot upload or reference supported file using Copilot Pro and Microsoft 365 personal
Hello everyone, I have generated a Word document using Copilot and saved it to my personal OneDrive. Subsequently, I attempted to create a PowerPoint presentation using this document. However, I n...
I am having the same issue, I have no "reference a file" button in Word, CoPilot, Powerpoint, or Word online. I was online with Microsoft help for hours and the agent did not know anything about how to fix it and sent me to this forum, where there is also no help to fix it.
Hello Jenni, thank you for your answer, reading the documentation I found out, that is not available for Copilot Pro and Microsoft 365 Personal-Family users, only for Microsoft 365 Copilot users, which is very unfortunate.
- Aha! Thank you! Now I can stop trying to fix it. Do you remember which documentation says this?
- I think I found it - here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/welcome-to-copilot-in-word-2135e85f-a467-463b-b2f0-c51a46d625d1
- yes as you can see this paragraph : "For users with a Copilot for Microsoft365 license, the Reference your content button allows you to search for and include up to three of your existing files as inputs to ground the content Copilot drafts. In the compose box, you can also enter "/" and the name of the file you'd like to reference, which will update the file options shown in the menu for selection. This feature only references the files you select, not any other organizational data."
