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SharePoint: Syntex Optical Character Recognition (OCR) extends support for Microsoft Office files

Why it matters: Generally available

SharePoint OCR feature now extends support to Microsoft Office files. Previously, OCR was limited to PDFs and images but with this update, you can seamlessly extract and utilize text from any embedded images within any Microsoft Office files like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Target January CY2025Cloud WorldwidePlatform WebSource updated 2025-10-10

Affected: SharePoint

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