Creating a presentation shouldn’t eat up half your day—but for many people, it still does.
You’ve got the notes, maybe even a polished Word document. But turning that into a clean, visually engaging PowerPoint? That’s where the time drain begins.
Microsoft just changed the game.
A recent update to Microsoft Copilot now allows you to turn Word documents into PowerPoint slides in seconds. No copy-pasting, no messing with layouts, no stress over font sizes or alignment.
It’s a feature that anyone who works with presentations is going to love.
If you haven’t met it yet, Copilot is Microsoft’s AI assistant—embedded into apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. It’s designed to understand what you’re working on and help you complete tasks faster and more easily.
With this update, you can ask Copilot to:
Create a new slide based on a section of your Word document
Generate slides from the entire doc
Give you a head start with pre-filled content, layouts, and structure
The result? You go from a static document to a professional-looking presentation in a few clicks. You still have full control to adjust the messaging, tweak the visuals, or apply your branding—but the heavy lifting is handled.
This is a huge time-saver for businesses that rely on presentations for:
Client pitches
Internal reporting
Project updates
Training sessions
Instead of spending hours fine-tuning slides, your team can focus on clarity, messaging, and delivery. That means faster workflows and fewer late nights scrambling to make PowerPoint look good.
Currently, the feature doesn’t handle things like custom brand colours or background images—yet. But it gets you 80% of the way there, fast.
If you’re using Microsoft 365 and have a Copilot license, this feature is already available in the latest version of PowerPoint. Just look for the “New Slide with Copilot” option under the Home tab or use the Copilot button and select “Add a slide.”
Need help rolling this out across your business? Or unsure whether your licenses include Copilot? Myriad Technologies can guide you through getting started.
Work smarter, not harder. Let AI handle the formatting, so you can focus on the ideas.