Microsoft has simply introduced a brand new characteristic for Copilot in PowerPoint for Home windows that permits you to rapidly create a PowerPoint slide utilizing a doc and a immediate. This will help prevent numerous time whereas making shows. On this information, I’ll present you how one can get began utilizing this characteristic.

Please notice that this characteristic is barely obtainable to PowerPoint for Home windows customers with a Copilot license operating Model 2502 (Construct 18526.20144). Moreover, this characteristic is at the moment obtainable solely in English (US). Further language help is coming quickly!

To get began, it’s essential to open PowerPoint on a Home windows machine and open up a presentation that you just’ve been engaged on. Subsequent, search for the Copilot button above your slide and press ‘Add a slide’.

In the event you can not discover the Copilot button above your slide, head to the Residence tab and choose New Slide with Copilot.

Now, you must have the chance to enter a immediate explaining to Copilot what you need the slide to be about; you too can add a doc for the slide to reference by urgent ‘Reference a file’. In case you are caught on what to sort within the immediate, Microsoft supplies some ready-made immediate concepts.

In case you are referencing a bigger file and need the slide to include particular info, you may direct Copilot to a particular part or matter throughout the file. When creating your immediate, it’s additionally finest to be concise and concentrate on one or two matters or key factors.

As soon as you’re blissful, press the Ship arrow within the lower-right, and Copilot will make a draft slide so that you can have a look at. You may edit the slide, ask Copilot to rewrite your textual content, or begin over with a brand new immediate to generate a brand new slide.

Previous to this characteristic being obtainable, creating slides was solely doable from Copilot chat. The brand new implementation is extra environment friendly and suits in like another PowerPoint characteristic. With that stated, Microsoft does listing a recognized concern with this characteristic. It writes: “Copilot doesn’t at the moment help prompts requesting particular slide formatting like font, colours, background, and pictures.”

In the event you’re keen on utilizing Copilot in different methods, take a look at a current article explaining how voice notes may be became paperwork.

Tell us within the feedback if this characteristic is obtainable for you.