Explain an Excel formula step by step
Understand what a formula calculates, its dependencies, and where it can fail
A plain-language walkthrough, worked example, and risk checklist
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Microsoft Copilot prompt templates for work
Browse Microsoft Copilot prompt templates for documents, email, meetings, Excel, project planning, analysis, and business communication
This page organizes reusable task templates for Microsoft Copilot around the outcome you need. Check which context and app data are actually available in your environment. Only recipes with a recorded run are marked as tested.
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- Replace every visible placeholder before using a template in Microsoft Copilot.
- Review facts, calculations, sources, and consequential decisions outside the model.
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318Explain a job description as tasks and skills
Translate hiring language into likely work, evidence needs, ambiguity, and interview questions
A plain-language role map with requirements, signals, unknowns, and application priorities
Open recipeExplain a concept at multiple levels
Vary vocabulary and depth while preserving the same core definition, conditions, and limits
Layered explanations, analogy limits, prerequisite map, and checks for each level
Open recipeExplain a complex notice or form in plain language and next steps
Translate administrative wording into actions, choices, evidence, deadlines, and confirmation questions without deciding for the reader
A faithful plain-language guide with field map, action checklist, and escalation points
Open recipeExplain a complex document in plain language
Explain difficult material for a named audience without deleting conditions or uncertainty
A plain-language explanation, glossary, example, and accuracy notes
Open recipeExplain a complex bill and list questions to confirm
Reconcile line items, dates, rates, credits, taxes, prior balances, and payments while preserving unresolved discrepancies
A plain-language bill walkthrough, arithmetic reconciliation, and prioritized provider questions
Open recipeExpand one creative idea into comparable concepts
Hold the core intent steady while varying execution choices enough to reveal real trade-offs
Comparable concept cards, a trade-off matrix, and a prototype recommendation
Open recipeDraft user stories and verifiable acceptance criteria
Translate confirmed user and business needs into scoped stories and observable behavior without inventing product decisions
A story set with evidence, boundaries, scenarios, acceptance criteria, nonfunctional needs, dependencies, and open decisions
Open recipeDraft an SOP for a recurring small-business process
Document a real recurring workflow with roles, controls, exceptions, evidence, and handoff criteria
A runnable SOP with scope, prerequisites, steps, decision branches, records, checks, escalation, and revision log
Open recipeDraft an itinerary from dates, budget, and preferences
Build a paced route with cost envelopes, dated verification tasks, access needs, buffers, and fallbacks
A provisional day-by-day itinerary with budget reconciliation and booking gates
Open recipeDraft an internship or graduate cover letter
Use coursework, projects, volunteering, and part-time work as evidence without presenting them as employment
An entry-level cover letter with accurately labeled evidence and learning gaps
Open recipeDraft an internal-position cover letter
Present internal evidence and motivation without assuming access, endorsement, or selection advantage
A professional internal application with evidence, transition considerations, and confidentiality checks
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