To get began, open a web-based Word or PowerPoint doc, after which hit Insert > Pictures > Mobile Device. If you haven’t but linked your Android gadget to your PC, you’ll need to take the additional steps to take action.

This entails scanning the QR code that seems in your laptop display screen after which downloading the Link to Windows app from the Google Play Store (in case you haven’t already). Once all that occurs, you’ll be able to flick thru your Android gadget’s photographs out of your PC and select which of them you need to add to the Word or PowerPoint doc.

Microsoft says the function is getting “released over some time to ensure things are working smoothly.” It looks as if a reasonably useful addition to the app, and (each time I resolve to truly mud off my Microsoft 365 subscription) I may really see myself utilizing it as a solution to shortly seize and insert screenshots into the doc I’m engaged on, all with out really having to depart the app.