BUG REPORT: Unwanted Asterisks Appearing When Copying Text from Copilot Output
To the Copilot Development Team and Community, I am consistently encountering a bug that inserts unwanted asterisks (*) into text copied from Copilot's generated output. This issue is proving to be a significant workflow disruption. Problem Description: When I copy any text (code, prose, comments, etc.) generated by Copilot and paste it into another application, asterisks are frequently embedded within the pasted content. This manifests in patterns such as: Words or phrases being surrounded by asterisks (e.g., *this text*). Random, solitary asterisks appearing within sentences or lines. Impact: This requires manual removal of the extra asterisks after every paste operation, which significantly slows down development and documentation tasks, particularly when dealing with larger blocks of text. Expected Behavior: Copied text should paste cleanly, retaining only the characters and formatting (if any) generated by Copilot, without the insertion of extraneous asterisks. Request: Could the development team please investigate this issue? Knowing if this is a known bug, if there are specific settings causing this, or if a fix is in the pipeline would be highly beneficial. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Vivek Sharma
Copilot Pro Reference a File button gone
Using desktop Word, which I greatly prefer over the web version, the "Reference a file" button disappeared today. I validated that my Copilot Pro subscription is still active, and my account settings are all setup for online services, and that I am signed in. The button was there yesterday. Loaded up Word this morning, and it's no longer there. It IS there in the web version, so I assume there is nothing wrong with my account. Anybody know what is going on?I want to turn off or hide the draft with copilot dingbat that follows my cursor around in MS Word.
I have seen a few articles on this website, and I know it's not possible but I'm going to ask anyway. For reference this is what I'm referring to: It's more I find the little thing following me around on my screen to be annoying and distracting, I've managed to hide or disable anything related to copilot on my system except this little dingbat. When a new document is open you get a little message that says "Select the icon or press Alt + i to draft with copilot" It would be nice if I could hide that as well, yes copilot is a *feature*, and I don't care about it. I also want to hide the paste with copilot and just used the local paste options that were built into previous versions of word. I suspect that there is a copilot dingbat that is stored somewhere on my system, possibly in a font, and as I have already made a few detrimental modifications to my operating system registry, I'm not wary of messing up my computer any more than it could be. The only saving grace I have at the moment is there is an issue with my account, so any accidental triggering of the feature causes it to crap out. (So long as I don't accidentally press the 'fix account" button) I know that if it was easy to turn off there would be a button for it, I know Microsoft probably wants us to use this feature because it means more data for them to collect, an I'm disappointed in the loss of user agency that's resulted from this rollout, and there's a spike in animosity towards AI in general.M365 Copilot Pro vs Copilot Pro
Hi, my name is Mark Salden, and I am a freelance graphic designer, social media marketer, and web designer from Belgium. I currently have an Office 365 Business Standard subscription and would like to purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot. Just to be clear: the regular Copilot Pro is only for individuals and not for businesses, correct? It’s a bit confusing, and I want to be 100% sure. I want to integrate Microsoft 365 Copilot into Word, Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, etc. With Copilot, can I automatically create notes and summaries during online meetings in Teams? Also, can I use Copilot in Microsoft Loop? That part is not clear to me. I am also very interested in Copilot Studio because I want to create AI agents that help me with SEO, content creation, image generation, and more. Are there any limits on building AI agents, and can I create workflows and automate processes there as well? I hope someone can assist me. Thanks in advance!Microsoft copilot stops while giving a response.
Why is this happening? Is there a solution for this? It just stops while giving response. And it has happened several times. And you can't even give prompt to continue from there. You should restart it. Does anyone have a solution for this? and I have restarted and reinstalled it 1000 times.
How to remove copilot dingbat in Word for Mac users?
My Microsoft apps updated this morning and I opened my manuscript in Word to find this flashy, annoying, distracting copilot icon that is driving me insane. I read about some Windows solutions to get rid of it, but they don't translate to the Mac settings. Does anyone know how to make it go away on Mac??
Word: 'Give all nouns that appear >X times' not working as expected
Hi! When using Copilot in Word, I tried several iterations of the question 'Give me all nouns that appear over 6 times. Provide your information in a table and include the number of times the noun occurred'. Copilot provided a nice table, but it was not complete by far. The document was under 7500 words so that should not have been the issue. What prompt should I use to achieve my goal? Anyone any idea? I want to put repeating input fields in the document and wanted to see for which words/terms this would be worthwhile, which is why I was hoping Copilot could provide me with a quick overview of repeating terms. Thanks, Merel
