AI disclaimer
CoAuthor is powered by AI. Hovering your mouse over the AI icon reminds you that responses can contain mistakes:
Chat layout
The CoAuthor Chat workspace is divided into three areas — the Conversation Pane, where responses to your conversation(s) with the model are displayed; the Prompt Pane, where you type and submit questions to the model; and the Source Pane, where you add and manage the sources CoAuthor draws on.
Pane # | Purpose |
1 | Displays the running history of responses in your conversation with the model. |
2 | Prompt Pane Where you enter a question and click Submit to interact with the model. |
3 | Where you add (+) and manage the sources CoAuthor cites in its answers. |
First-use AI notice
The first time you actively engage CoAuthor's AI, a one-time notice appears:
Click Acknowledge to dismiss it. The notice will not appear again on later interactions.
How it behaves
When it appears – On your first active AI engagement — not on login, opening a document, or navigating between tabs.
Non-blocking – The underlying generation or chat action proceeds normally. You can acknowledge the notice, dismiss it, or ignore it without interrupting your work.
One acknowledgment, everywhere – A single dismissal in the add-in suppresses the notice across all CoAuthor AI surfaces — Prompts, AI Chat, and generation.
Only once – After you acknowledge, the notice does not appear again in this session, in future sessions, or on any other device.