Short Version
PowerPoint users with a M365 Copilot license will soon be able to reference up to 5 files when creating a presentation. Due mid-June to early July 2025.
Details
After this rollout, you will be able to reference up to 5 files for Copilot to use when creating a presentation. Select the Copilot icon from the PowerPoint ribbon and choose Create a presentation with file, as you do now:
You’ll be able to search for up to 5 files one-by-one by name (or by pasting URLs) from OneDrive and SharePoint:
For reference, here’s the existing Copilot prompt box in PowerPoint, only the wording is changing:
Availability
Due mid-June to early July 2025.
Source, related links, and references
MC1070178.
365 Roadmap IDs 491635 (Windows desktop), 491636 (Mac desktop), and 491637 (web).
Image(s): Microsoft.
Page originally published
15th May 2025 and kept up to date.
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