Copilot in Excel: How to Use It, Where It Fails (2026)
Check Copilot pricing and access, use Excel's edit, plan and chat modes, and try five prompts with practical checks and data-protection limits.
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Check Copilot pricing and access, use Excel's edit, plan and chat modes, and try five prompts with practical checks and data-protection limits.
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Turn a Teams meeting transcript excerpt into minutes that record what was actually decided, keep a disputed go-live date open, and give every action an owner or say it has none.
Turn the Microsoft Teams transcript excerpt below into meeting minutes. Use exactly these sections: Decisions, Open questions, Action items (owner – task – due date). - Record only what the transcript shows was agreed as a decision. - If people disagree and nobody settles it, put it under Open questions with each position and who holds it. - Every action item needs an owner and a due date as stated; if none was stated, write "owner not assigned" or "no date set". - Maximum 250 words. Do not add dates, amounts, names or commitments that are not in the transcript. [Paste the transcript excerpt (speaker: text). Replace names of clients and colleagues with placeholders if needed.]
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Teams meeting "New booking system — weekly check-in", 2026-10-21, fictional company Example Clinics Group. Priya (Project lead): Vendor says the build is on track. I'd like go-live on Monday November 16. Marco (Operations): November 16 is too tight for front-desk training. I want November 23. Priya: Let's not fix it today — I'll ask the vendor about a training sandbox first. Marco: Fine. Either way I'll book the large training room for front-desk staff. Priya: Good. I'll send the signed vendor contract to finance by October 28. Sam (Finance): And the extra licence budget — let's park that until finance replies on Friday. Marco: Someone also needs to update the patient FAQ page before go-live. Priya: Agreed, we need that. Let's figure out who next week. Sam: One more thing — we agreed to keep the old system read-only for 90 days after go-live, right? Priya: Yes, confirmed, 90 days read-only.
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