M365 Archive

RM570469 - Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft M365): Copilot Chat can now better match search results from text that appears inside images embedded in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint file

Microsoft 365 Roadmap

Summary

Copilot Chat can now better match search results from text that appears inside images embedded in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files is user's working files — such as scanned contracts in Word, screenshots of tables in Excel, or whiteboard photos in PowerPoint — content that was previously difficult to search and find.

Roadmap ID

570469

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Published

Sep 10, 2026

Status

In development

Release

General Availability

Platforms

Web

Service

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)

Tag

In development
General Availability
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Cloud

Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Description

Copilot Chat can now better match search results from text that appears inside images embedded in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files is user's working files — such as scanned contracts in Word, screenshots of tables in Excel, or whiteboard photos in PowerPoint — content that was previously difficult to search and find.

GA date: October CY2026