Reading PDFs or TXT files

[LanceLike]

I am new to CoPilot for MS 365. I thought if there was a document, whether Docx, pdf, txt, etc. that CoPilot could actually read its contents and include that information and knowledge in response to a prompt.  Even though it says it can find that document in my One Drive folders, it says it cannot read them.  I am pretty sure Open AI's ChatGPT allows this so I don't understand this.  

Also, when I switch to the Web version, it appears there is no way to retain my prior Chat's as there is with Open AI.  Is that correct? If so that is not very good as I would like to be able to build on the prior chat's and have Copilot remember our prior conversations.

[#2]

I believe you should be able to ask questions or a summary of file contents.

I recall reading that they do not save chat history for Copilot with commercial data protection to maintain the privacy for the employee.

[#3]

@LanceLike

Copilot works differently than chatGPT. 

You actually have different copilot experiences in word, excel, PowerPoint and other O365 apps. 

You will soon be able to reference pdf to create word or pptx new content. 

But if you just want a summary of a pdf or txt, just open it in edge, then use the copilot sidebar to get a summary (and more on the document) 

[#4]

@LanceLike

And about copilot not remembering past conversation, this is due to security and data privacy commitment from Microsoft 

What you can get is a history of your prompts (look for the 3 dots ...) 

[#5]

@Luca_BinoI was really hoping to train copilot on content I upload myself, and then use its capabilities to help create new information.  I was "assuming" Copiliot would take the capabilities of ChatGPT and then layer on its abilities within the Office apps.  I am very disappointed in this.

[#6]

@LanceLike I understand your disappointment. It's the reality though. To get the best out of copilot you need to use it like it's ment to be. Also, keep in mind that evolution of copilot is so fast that (maybe) at some point you will get the features you are dreaming of. Depending on what you want to achieve, you can try to create a word document that is containing all you knowledge and context and then try to reference to it whenever you ask copilot to create a content