From the course: Copilot in Teams: AI-Powered Collaboration
Use copilot to rewrite messages
- [Instructor] The Copilot AI is great at drafting text or rewriting texts that you've written to change the style or tone. When you have chat conversations or post messages in Team channels, Copilot can help you revise or rewrite your text to improve those messages. First, in the sidebar on the left, I'll go to the Team section, where you can post a new message or reply to an existing thread. I'll click the button to start a new post, and I want you to see below the text field, there is a Copilot button. Now, this is not able to write a draft of new text, at least not at the time of this recording, but if you start by writing your message first, you can click that button and ask Copilot to rewrite what you've written. So you can do that here in a Team channel or in a chat conversation. So in the sidebar on the left, I'll click the chat button to go to the chat section, and I'll select this conversation that I've been having with Stewart, and let's use that feature here. In the text field at the bottom, I'll write a new message, but before I send this message, I need to be careful with my tone. I'm talking to Stewart about a big problem, and I want to make sure it's communicated correctly. Below the text field, I can see that Copilot button, and this only works after you've typed a message. I'll click that and you've got the option to have Copilot rewrite the message or adjust the tone. So I'll change the tone. I'll choose to switch it to be more casual. It gives me a preview of the revised text. Once you have a version you like, you can just click replace to put that text into the message field. And when you're ready, go ahead and send the message. And did you know that you can edit messages even after you've sent them? Just point your mouse cursor at a message and these buttons will appear above it. This button that looks like a pencil is the edit button, so you can click that and then you can make changes, or in this edit view, you can click the Copilot button beneath the text field to get the AI assistant to rewrite it for you. So let's just change the tone again. I'll go into this menu and I'll switch it to be a professional tone. It shows the rewrite, and if you like it, you can click replace. Once you've finished editing your message, you can click the check mark to confirm. And now that message has been edited. Of course, there is a tag on this message that says it's been edited, so my teammates will know when a message was sent and later edited. So whether you're writing a new message or revising an existing message, Copilot can help you rewrite it or change the tone.