No, the mode makes no difference. Whether you use chat only or agent mode, Copilot reads the document once you give it access. The real decision is whether that document should go into Copilot at all, so check your organisation's rules on which data classifications are allowed before you open it with AI.
- Highly sensitive or personal material may need a dedicated internal tool instead.
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Can Copilot fill in a Word Template?
Yes. With a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence, open the template in Word, reference your source document in the Copilot side panel and ask it to populate the template with that data. Word can even grow a section to fit. With Copilot Chat alone or another chatbot it works, but it is clunkier.
Can Copilot use my company Template in PowerPoint?
Yes. Copilot in PowerPoint asks whether you want your organisation's style and builds the deck on your template. It is getting close, but layouts, logos and fonts are not always picked up perfectly, so check every slide before the deck goes out.
Can Copilot create a PowerPoint file?
Yes, Copilot creates an actual presentation file you can save, just as it does with Word documents. Asking from the chat window gives a weaker result than working inside PowerPoint itself, so for anything that matters, open PowerPoint and use Copilot there.