Transform a blank canvas into a polished presentation with Microsoft Copilot. Master the structuring your ideas by crafting effective prompts that guide AI-generated content, and build your first complete slide deck—all while learning techniques that make every slide count.

Meet Copilot in PowerPoint: Storyboard Your First Deck

Unlocking Value (and Time) with Copilot in PowerPoint

Generating Your First PowerPoint Deck

Prompt Crafting for Compelling Slides

Putting a Prompt Under the Microscope

The Prompt Clarity Disparity

Choose Your Words Carefully

From Idea to First Draft

Elevate your presentations from functional to unforgettable. Generate AI-powered visuals, leverage Copilot-powered design layouts, and refine slide text for maximum impact. You'll also craft polished speaker notes that help you present with confidence and clarity.

Generating Slide Visuals with Copilot

AI-Generated Images in PowerPoint

Getting Artistic: Refining Slide Design

Polishing and Presenting

Choosing the Right Copilot Tool

Slide Text: Less is More

Speak Smarter, Not Harder

Design, Storytelling, and Delivery

Pull together documents, spreadsheets, and existing presentations into cohesive slide decks. Reference external files, synthesize insights from multiple data sources, and use Copilot's chat features to extract strategic recommendations—turning raw information into compelling narratives.

Integrating Source Files and Data

Building Bridges Between Documents and Decks

From Deep Analysis to Synthesis and Delivery

Extracting Strategic Insights With Copilot Chat

Synthesizing PowerPoint Themes & Insights

Data Interpretation and Strategic Recommendations

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Mastering Copilot in PowerPoint

Gone are the days of spending hours switching between documents and writing your PowerPoint presentations from scratch with Microsoft Copilot. In this course, you'll use Copilot embedded in PowerPoint to build engaging presentations, derive slide decks from reference files, design interesting slide layouts, and even generate speaker notes. Discover how you can spend less time writing presentations and slide decks with Microsoft Copilot today!

<h2>Why Use Copilot in PowerPoint?</h2>Building a presentation from a blank slide doesn’t have to mean hours of copying from documents and tweaking layouts. Microsoft Copilot is built into PowerPoint to help you go from idea to deck faster. In this course, you’ll use Copilot to create outlines, generate slides, pull in content from Word and Excel, and polish design and speaker notes—all inside the app you already use.<br><br><h2>How Do I Go From Idea to First Draft?</h2>You’ll start by turning a simple prompt into a full slide deck. Learn how to open the Copilot panel, create a presentation outline, and generate slides in one flow. Then sharpen your prompt skills: see how vague prompts lead to generic decks and how clear prompts—with topic, audience, tone, and structure—produce focused, professional results. You’ll also use file-based generation to turn a Word document into a structured presentation so your decks stay aligned with existing content.<br><br><h2>How Do I Make Slides Look Great and Deliver With Confidence?</h2>Strong visuals and clear delivery matter as much as the content. You’ll use Copilot to generate AI images for your slides, insert them with proper attribution, and use layout suggestions to balance text and visuals. Then refine slide text with inline Copilot editing—condensing copy and adjusting tone for your audience—and use Copilot to draft and refine speaker notes so you can present with clarity and confidence.<br><br><h2>How Do I Master Files and Strategic Insights?</h2>Go further by turning documents and data into presentations. Create decks from Word files with the right sections and tone, and from Excel so Copilot can add charts and summary slides. You’ll also use Copilot Chat to analyze existing decks: extract themes, spot cross-team dependencies, surface risks, interpret data trends, and generate strategic recommendations and SWOT-style summaries. By the end, you’ll know when to use in-PowerPoint Copilot versus Copilot Chat and how to turn raw information into clear, compelling narratives.

Build PowerPoint presentations with Microsoft Copilot. Turn documents into slides, generate visuals, and speaker notes.

Microsoft Copilot in PowerPoint

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The Presentation Piece of the Puzzle

A Unified Story

Start with a Source File

Adding Data from Excel

Expanding Your Deck Mid-Flow

Data Storytelling with Copilot and Updating the Design

Best Practices for Data-Driven Decks

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Mastering Copilot in PowerPoint - Integrating Source Files and Data

Integrating Source Files and Data

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