From the course: Copilot in PowerPoint: From Prompt to Presentation

Create a new presentation starting from a template

From the course: Copilot in PowerPoint: From Prompt to Presentation

Create a new presentation starting from a template

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- [Instructor] Let's ask Copilot to create a presentation from a template. I'll use a Microsoft Office theme for this example. Select File, New, and choose one of the Office themes. You can scroll through the options on the new screen, or type a topic in the search bar. I've recently opened Color Swatch, so it shows up here at the top. I'll choose Color Swatch, and then press Create to open the file in PowerPoint. The file opens to a title slide with a colorful picture on it, and some placeholder text. And there's a second slide with icons and more placeholder text. Now I'll open Copilot from the Home ribbon. This will open up the Copilot pane. From the top of the pane, I'll choose Create a presentation. And then at the bottom in the prompt window, I'll add a description of the presentation I want Copilot to create. I'll use the microphone to dictate my text into the prompt window. Press Microphone. About best practices for participating in remote meetings. Press the icon again when you're finished talking. Now, to send the instructions to Copilot, I can press Enter on my keyboard, or select the Send Arrow. A few comments while Copilot is working, and you can choose Stop Generating if you change your mind. Copilot has returned a note that says "Creating a new presentation "will replace your existing slides, "so you may want to save a copy first." That's because the sample slides in this theme have sample content on them. It's not a blank file. I will choose Create a new draft, and remember to save my file with a new name after. Select Create new draft. And done. Copilot has drafted six slides about remote meetings, and it's completed in the Color Swatch template. Each slide contains a title, supporting text, and a picture that relates to the content on the slide. Copilot also included speaker notes, I'll expand the speaker notes here so that you can see them. Full talking points on each subject. Again, in the Copilot pane, Copilot offers to help you rewrite slides, or you can use Designer to adjust layouts. The disclaimer at the bottom reminds us to fact check Copilot's draft texts for accuracy. Let's look at other designs that Designer suggests for this slide about testing your technology. With the slide open in the editing window, I can launch Designer from the Home ribbon, or I can select Designer highlighted here in the Copilot pane. When I choose any one of the ideas in the Designer pane, the current slide updates to that design, I can continue selecting designs until I find one that I like. If you change your mind, simply Undo. You can press the Control and Z keys on your keyboard, or select the Undo icon from the Quick Access toolbar. Remember, save your file with a new name.

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