RM475248 - SharePoint: Syntex Optical Character Recognition (OCR) extends support for Microsoft Office files

Microsoft 365 Roadmap

Status

Launched

Release

General Availability

Last Updated

Oct 10, 2025

Published Jan 17, 2025

Platforms

Web

Service

SharePoint

Tag

Launched
General Availability
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Cloud

Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Summary

SharePoint OCR feature now extends support to Microsoft Office files. Previously, OCR was limited to PDFs and images but with this update, you can seamlessly extract and utilize text from any embedded images within any Microsoft Office files like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Description

SharePoint OCR feature now extends support to Microsoft Office files. Previously, OCR was limited to PDFs and images but with this update, you can seamlessly extract and utilize text from any embedded images within any Microsoft Office files like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

GA date: January CY2025