Copilot in Word Just Got Better at Handling Complex Documents

Although Microsoft is moving away from AI everywhere strategy and promised to cut the Copilot clutter across Windows 11, it continues to add new features inside its standalone productivity apps. This time, Microsoft is rolling out new Copilot features in Word that will help professionals handling complex documents.

From contract review to policy finalization, Copilot can now track changes with precision, ensuring audit trails remain intact. As Microsoft puts it, the new features are grounded in Work IQ, Microsoft 365’s intelligence layer, to provide context-aware responses while keeping sensitive data secure within organizational boundaries.

Precision and transparency at every step

Copilot now operates right inside Word, where you and your team already collaborate. All new features are native, keep your formatting intact, and preserve collaboration history. The latest update brings several tools designed to make editing, commenting, and organizing documents faster and more reliable. You can check the new features below:

• Track Changes with word-level precision: With Copilot in Word, changes are visible by default, and now it is easy to turn track changes on from Copilot, so edits are always transparent, auditable, and granular. 
• Contextual comments: Add, read, reply to, and manage comment threads anchored to the correct text with Copilot, keeping collaboration context intact. 
• Table of Contents: Insert and update tables of content using Word’s built-in heading types. Structure stays accurate as the document evolves. 
• Dynamic page features: Insert and manage headers, footers, columns, margins and dynamic fields like page numbers and dates that automatically refresh with edits. 
• Progress messages: For multi-step edits, Copilot shows what it’s working on in real time, building trust and transparency. 

How you can use it

Examples given by Microsoft in the blog post include asking Copilot to tighten executive summaries, flag unclear items in risk sections for Finance or Legal review, and auto-generate tables of content with headers, footers, and page numbers. Copilot can also summarize pending changes, providing a review overview that highlights proposed edits and unresolved comments for quick decision-making.

The update is available today on Windows through the Frontier program and Office Insiders Beta Channel, with web and Mac support coming soon.