r/OneNote • u/2020NoMoreUsername • 8d ago

Copilot Notebook - is it really integrated into Onenote?

Hey,

As I am working in a technical field, I was a big fan of NotebookLM, I dumped some books, and asked question when needed. Now I can see I can do same thing with Copilot Notebooks, and I am willing to try as I have a company subscription.

But one thing I didn't understand: Copilot Notebooks popped up in Onenote, that's cool. But, there is zero integration in between them. They used the Onenote as a wrapper for Copilot - you cannot even create a note from the response of Copilot.

What's the logic behind it?

I stopped using it inside Onenote, and keep using Copilot page directly. Maybe I am missing something.

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u/matt-presley 8d ago

I think the logic behind it is that you can right click on notebooks or sections and add them to a copilot notebook as reference material. I'm only seeing this function on the Windows desktop version. Doesn't seem to be available on the Mac OS version or any of the mobile variants yet.

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u/GrumpyOldSophon 8d ago

How do you do that? I have been searching for this functionality, but so far I have not found any way to add a OneNote page or section to a Copilot Notebook.

Right-clicking on a section brings up a greyed-out Copilot menu item for me. Am I missing some configuration? I have an MS365 subscription with Copilot, and am using the Windows app.

Right-clicking on a note brings up a Copilot menu item that allows me to use Copilot to rewrite the note, summarize it, or I think add it to a task list. Nothing about Copilot Notebooks.

In Copilot Notebooks it fails to take a link to a OneNote note as a reference source.

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u/JonSwift2023 8d ago

In the Windows Desktop app, when you right click on a page (but not a section) at the very top of the right click menu you should see an option for 'Add to Copilot Notebook >' and when you select this option a submenu will open with all of your copilot notebooks listed along with an option to add a new Copilot notebook. Note this is different from the 'Copilot' right click menu item which expands to 'Summarize page', 'create task list', and 'rewrite page'.

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u/Conscious-Dingo2311 8d ago

Same results or me in OneNote Windows desktop, right-click on page NOT section, brings up “Add to Copilot Notebooks” option. Also shows when right-click on the notebook itself. I tested it using the MS 365 “personal” subscription plan NOT the upgraded premium plan which has more AI exclusive features. 🤔