Microsoft Copilot Automates PowerPoint With 10 Features for Drafting, Editing and Summarizing Slides
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Updated · Computerworld · Jul 22
Microsoft Copilot Automates PowerPoint With 10 Features for Drafting, Editing and Summarizing Slides
3 articles · Updated · Computerworld · Jul 22
Summary
10 PowerPoint features now let Microsoft Copilot build first-draft presentations in minutes, edit existing decks, summarize content and answer questions about slides.
Microsoft says the tool can generate decks from prompts or source files such as Word, Excel and PDF documents, then add slides, tighten text, create images, and produce speaker notes or FAQs.
Access depends on subscription tier: Microsoft 365 Personal, Family and Premium users can use Copilot in PowerPoint, while business licensing varies and organizations with more than 2,000 users need separate Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses.
Agent mode allows Copilot to make direct changes inside PowerPoint, though Microsoft warns generative output can contain errors and image generation was unreliable during testing, including a roughly 1.5-day server outage.
The update extends Copilot's role from drafting content to navigating large presentations and extracting insights, underscoring Microsoft's push to embed AI across Microsoft 365 workflows.