Microsoft Copilot App can open full native Excel UI, demo shows
marlene_zw · x · 2026-11-12
A user demonstrated prompting Microsoft's Copilot App to create a project tracker spreadsheet. Screenshots show Copilot inspecting the Excel canvas via Python, then opening a full native Excel UI with the complete ribbon (Start, Insert, Formulas, Data), saving a working copy under the copilot session-state directory. The author notes all Office features can be opened natively inside the Copilot App — a capability that wasn't widely known.
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