Short Version
In PowerPoint, the Copilot icon will replace the Sparkle icon as the method for starting a presentation or slide using Copilot. Due mid-March to mid-April.
Details
In PowerPoint, you currently click on the Sparkle icon above a slide create a presentation or slide using Copilot:
These steps are being replaced by the steps below (copy-pasted from Microsoft, with minor edits):
- Start a new presentation in PowerPoint.
- Click on the Copilot icon in the lower right-hand corner of PowerPoint to open the Copilot chat pane:
- Click on the Plus menu (+):
- Select Agent Mode in the drop-down menu:
- Prompt in your usual style to give Copilot a description of the presentation you’d like to draft.
In isolation, looking only at PowerPoint, this does not look like the simplification Microsoft claims, but it does achieve a more consistent creation process across different apps… so it will probably be better for users in the long term.
Availability
Due mid-March to mid-April.
Source, related links, and references
MC1239724.
Roadmap IDs: 555872, 555873, 555874, 555875, 555876, 555877, 555878, 555879, 555880.
Image(s): Microsoft.
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