AI in Microsoft 365
POWERPOINT
Used wisely, Copilot not only saves you time when creating PowerPoint presentations but also gives them greater impact
WHAT CAN IT DO?
Generate slides (or even whole presentations)
While the capability of generating an entire presentation from a single prompt sounds impressive, we can’t think of any scenario – bar pure desperation – where you would. There are endless YouTube videos of people gleefully typing in “generate a presentation about global warming” or some such, and while the results generally look nice, the content is as bland and beige as a Marks & Spencer cardigan. What purpose does it serve? There are situations, however, where relying on Copilot to generate a slide or two makes sense.
Let’s say, for example, you’re putting together a presentation about a company conference in Barcelona. You might ask the AI to generate a slide highlighting some of the city’s key attractions for attendees who have never been there before. The AI also generates or picks stock images to accompany your slide, as you can see from our screenshot below.
You can tell the AI what you want the content of the slide to be, too. We ran a prompt that said: “Add a slide outlining the conference schedule. It will start at 9am-5pm in the Gaudi Hotel on Monday 10th March. Tuesday morning is for breakout sessions. Tuesday afternoon is for networking. Wednesday morning is free time. Wednesday PM is flights home.”