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The "Reference a file" feature not working as documented
In Word, and based on the help documentation, I'm supposed to see the "Your computer" and "Online" tabs but I don't see them when I choose "Reference a file". I also see this in Outlook. I see only t...
- Hi mjudi,
Copilot can only use files which are stored "in scope of the platform". For example SharePoint Online (and OneDrive). Depending on the application from which you start the prompt it will show the last 3 or 10 accessed items.
To use another file you need to paste the full path after the "/".
mjudi
I can add to this discussion that Microsoft training refers to this interface as the Most Recently Used (MRU).
The recommended way (according to Microsoft guidance) to use this is to open the file that you want to reference and then use the / command to open the MRU interface.
I don't have the exact location of where i learned this, but I believe it was somewhere on Learn in one of the Copilot cources.
This procedure does not work for me.
It only works if the effective path is copied (Share>Copy link) and pasted after the "/".
