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What you gotta know

Microsoft PowerToys just received another AI feature through its latest update.

For example, you’re able to use the tool to paste XML content as a markdown table.

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But we now have a better idea of what it can do and how it works.

We also have a video of it in action, courtesy of Craig Loewen.

“Advanced Paste” as a title may not do the new feature justice.

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While the utility is pasting content, it can do much more than that.

Advanced Paste integrates with ChatGPT to fill content contextually.

Another feature in Advance Paste lets you describe how you’d like your content pasted.

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Asking the text box a question uses ChatGPT to answer the question and then include the results.

Advanced Paste also supports several developer-focused features, such as converting content into a CSV file.

Using the AI parts of Advanced Paste requires an OpenAI key and credits.

The HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 (2024) on a desk and in tablet mode, showing Microsoft Paint open with an amateur drawing and HP�s MPP2.0 stylus.

Those Paste As functions run locally on your PC and don’t need an OpenAI key or credits.

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