What Copilot Can Do in PowerPoint

Copilot in PowerPoint offers a wide set of capabilities that help you design complete presentations with less manual effort. You can generate structured slides, pull data from your files, refine content and ensure consistency across the entire deck.

Here are the three key points:

1. Generate structured outlines and visuals directly from a prompt.
2. Refine and organise your slides with rewrites, new images and layout improvements.
3. Check consistency and produce summaries, maps and speaker notes.

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Create slide outlines from scratch

Copilot can develop a full slide outline starting from a blank file. Use Create new presentation and describe the audience and purpose of the deck. Copilot will propose:

• Slide titles
• Bullet points
• An initial narrative

If you want visuals early, ask it to generate simple illustrations or icons that match each slide.

Use data from your internal and external files

Copilot can read context from OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams when you work in Work mode. Attach or select files and it can pull:

• Definitions
• Figures
• Quotes

If you switch to Web mode, it can add public background information. Keep the two sources clearly separated and tell Copilot which files to prioritise.

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Refine slides and generate missing content

Copilot can enhance your draft deck through the sidebar or inline actions. You can:

• Rewrite slide titles
• Improve bullet clarity
• Fix parallel phrasing
• Reorganise the slide order

You can also request new slides for missing steps, new images, or replacements for unclear visuals. Dense text can be converted into charts, suggestions or comparison layouts.

Apply templates and visual improvements

Your deck can follow a specific organisational template. Copilot can apply:

• Layouts
• Fonts
• Colours

or use any premade design. It can also propose clearer visuals, better chart types, cleaner tables and improved labels. If a table looks cluttered, Copilot may recommend a chart with clearer axis labels.

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Check accuracy and consistency

Copilot can analyse your presentation for consistency:

• Do claims match your reference files?
• Are figures aligned across slides?
• Is terminology used in a consistent way?

Ask Copilot to list mismatches and propose corrections so you can approve each change.

Generate summaries, handouts and topic maps

Use the sidebar to produce:

• An executive summary
• A talking points handout
• A topic map showing where ideas appear across the deck

This is useful for training sessions and virtual presentations when you need a fast overview.

Draft speaker notes

Copilot can write speaker notes for all slides or only the current one. You can set:

• Tone
• Target length
• Time budget

Then refine the notes for clarity or emphasis. Copilot can also turn notes into a full presenter script.

Summary

• Copilot generates outlines, visuals and structured slides from scratch.
• It reads selected files and uses them as context.
• You can refine, reorganise and extend your deck using the sidebar and inline actions.
• It suggests clearer visuals, charts and layouts.
• It checks claims, figures and tone for consistency.
• It produces summaries, maps, handouts and detailed speaker notes.

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