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GenAI Embedded Icons


Consistent icon usage improves usability, speeds up user workflows, and reinforces our design language. Follow these guidelines for selecting an icon that will guide the user to the right GenAI capability for completing their task. Learn more about our system icons.

GenAI system iconsGenAI capabilityWhen to use something else
Translate:

Converts and generates content into another language for localization or global communication.		For adapting tone or rewriting content, use the “generate text” icon.
Generate text:

Generates original text, based on data provided by the user.		For generating structured outputs, like emails or reports, use the “generate email” icon or the “generate report” icon.

For summarizing or translating existing content, use the “summarize” icon or the “translate” icon.

Generate list:

Breaks down content into numbered steps, bullets, tips, or checklists for how-tos, summaries, or action items.

Ideal for improving the readability of dense content.		For narrative content, use the “generate text” icon.

For formal documents, use the “generate report” icon.
Generate email:

Generates structured and professional emails for responses, announcements, follow-ups, and more.		For longer or more formal documents, use the “generate report” icon.

For preparing content before emailing, use the “summarize” icon or the “translate” icon.




Generate report:

Generates or compiles structured documents like reports, expense reports, meeting notes, or reference materials.

Ideal for business documentation, financial summaries, internal reports, knowledge base articles, and organized meeting notes.

These 4 icons can be used interchangeably to signify the “generate report” capability.		For summarizing or listing content, use the “summarize” icon or the “list” icon.

For more conversational formats, use the “generate email” icon.



Generate chart:

These icons can be used to signify 3 different types of data visualizations:

1. Pie charts, for parts of a whole.

2. Bar charts, for comparing discrete values or categories.

3. Line charts, for trends over time or continuous data.		For textual breakdowns, use the “generate list” icon.

For comprehensive data analysis and narratives, use the “generate report” icon.
Search:

Looks up information, definitions, statistics, and references to support content creation.		For new content, use the “generate text” icon.

For summarizing or translating existing content, use the “summarize” icon or the “translate” icon.
Summarize:

Condenses long content into a brief summary; provides quick overviews.

Ideal for creating executive summaries or previews of content.		For translating content, use the “translate” icon.

For full rewrites, use the “generate text” icon.

For condensing content, use the “generate list” icon.
GenAI (general):

If your use case isn’t represented above, you can use this default icon, which is meant to indicate general GenAI capabilities.

For help, or to suggest a new GenAI embedded icon, contact us in the UI-UX Design channel in the IDS Microsoft Team.		For specific GenAI capabilities, use the dedicated icons as defined above.

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