# Copilot in PowerPoint

> The Copilot built into PowerPoint that drafts a deck from a prompt, a document or your own template, then rewrites slides and speaker notes on request.

**Category:** Copilot

**Copilot in PowerPoint builds and edits the deck itself.** You can start from a prompt, through the [on-canvas Copilot menu](/glossary#on-canvas-copilot-menu) or the Copilot button on the Home tab, or from a Word document with [Create presentation from file](/glossary#create-presentation-from-file). With a branded template, Copilot can draft new content straight into your theme. Whatever it produces, you refine with the same menu: rewrite one slide, shorten a wordy one or change the tone of the speaker notes.

Treat the result as a **first draft**, not a finished deck. Building from a file or a template needs a Microsoft 365 Copilot work licence; Copilot Pro gives a more limited version. A prompt-built deck supports one output language, so an English and a Dutch version are built separately. For images and graphics, you switch to a separate app, Microsoft Designer.

## At work

A sales lead opens a copy of the company's branded template and has Copilot draft a pitch deck into it. She then asks Copilot to shorten the two slides that read as a wall of text and checks every figure herself.

## Often confused with

Microsoft Designer. Copilot in PowerPoint builds the deck; Microsoft Designer is a separate app that makes single images and graphics you drop into a slide.

## Related terms

- Create presentation from file
- On-canvas Copilot menu
- Microsoft Designer
- Microsoft 365 Copilot

## See it in a lesson

[Copilot in PowerPoint & Designer](/en/learn/copilot/advanced/powerpoint-and-designer)

## Further reading

- [Create a new presentation with Copilot in PowerPoint (Microsoft Support)](https://support.microsoft.com/office/create-a-new-presentation-with-copilot-in-powerpoint-3222ee03-f5a4-4d27-8642-9c387ab4854d): Step by step, from a prompt or from a file.
- [Frequently asked questions about Copilot in PowerPoint (Microsoft Support)](https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/frequently-asked-questions-about-copilot-in-powerpoint-3e229188-9086-4f4c-9f9f-824cd25ae84f): What Copilot can do in PowerPoint and which licence each feature needs.

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Last updated: 14/10/2026  
Source: Rollo Academy glossary