Where AI shows up
- Docs: first draft from a prompt, rewrite, expand, translate, summarize.
- Slides: a full deck from a short description or from an existing file.
- Sheets: charts, formulas, and narrative summaries of a table.
- PDF: ask questions and extract points without reading every page.
- Format: tidy layout so a messy draft looks shareable.
A workflow that does not embarrass you
- Paste source facts you already trust (or attach the PDF you own).
- Ask for structure, not for invented statistics.
- Delete anything you cannot source.
- Run a human pass for tone — especially legal, medical, and HR text.
Privacy
WPS marketing says documents and prompts stay under your control and are not used for training without permission, with GDPR/ISO-aligned language on the homepage. That is the vendor’s claim. For patient data, unpublished financials, or student records, prefer local editing and your institution’s approved tools. Do not paste secrets into a cloud prompt to save twenty minutes.
Credits and paywalls
AI generations are often metered. If Copilot vanishes after a trial, you did not break Writer — you hit a quota. Spreadsheet work still functions with ordinary formulas.
Related reading on WPS’s own blog: practical Copilot guides and comparisons with other in-sheet AIs. Use those for screenshots of the latest buttons; use this site for the judgment calls.
Ask a PDF, then verify the page
The PDF Q&A trick is useful on a 200-page manual. It also hallucinates clause numbers. Click through to the page it cited. If it cannot show a page, treat the answer as a rumour. Same rule for sheet insights: look at the cells.
Translation is a draft
WPS AI will translate a paragraph. It will not know your department’s reserved terms. Keep a glossary. For assessed translation homework, using a model may be against the rules — ask, do not assume “the suite did it” is a defence.
Format tidy versus meaning tidy
Auto-format can make a messy draft look shareable while leaving a wrong number in a heading. Always print-preview after an AI layout pass. Related: layout fixes · Writer.
When to turn it off
Exam conditions, client NDAs, and anything your institution already forbids in cloud tools. Local Writer still types. Safety · Web tools.