How to make a presentation with AI

Create impactful presentations from scratch or start with a template using the AI presentation maker in Microsoft PowerPoint.

From corporate presentations and pitch decks to online learning sessions, streamline your workflow by brainstorming ideas and generating professional slides through AI-powered technology. Just chat with Copilot in PowerPoint to uniquely design and create a tailored presentation for any genre or topic. Leverage your own ready-made documents from Word or PDF to help Copilot generate the perfect presentation for you faster. Create engaging slide decks using AI generated design suggestions in a variety of customizable themes and aesthetics with the presentation maker.

How to use AI to create a presentation in PowerPoint

Whether you’re a student, teacher, business, or creator, Copilot can help you make presentations faster. Just by chatting with Copilot; for example, “make my presentation design more modern and professional, but use a cheerful and bright color palette” and the AI technology will automatically start generating a response for you.

Copilot is accessible through Microsoft PowerPoint with a Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription, so make sure you are on the right plan before starting. Users can find Copilot in the home tab in the top header. If you’ve never explored Copilot before, the feature might not be enabled. To enable, go to the help or tools menu, then select Copilot to activate. If you don't have a Microsoft 365 subscription, you can still leverage the power of Copilot online at copilot.microsoft.com.

Five ways Copilot can help design and make presentations in PowerPoint

1. Generate presentation topic ideas and slide text suggestions

If you’re lacking inspiration or short on time, try to create a presentation with Copilot. Simply share your topic, choose a design style, and add a reference file, if you need. Copilot will create a presentation with a suitable slide structure and engaging text for each slide.

Chatting with PowerPoint Copilot example

“What are some engaging presentation topic ideas for my meeting with [enter person or team name] Add suggested headings and text on each slide.”

You can also create a presentation from a file attachment directly from SharePoint or OneDrive. Select PDF, Word documents, and more. If you want to steer the AI design selection, select a PowerPoint template when creating a new presentation with Copilot.

2. Try slide layout and design assistance

Explore professionally made slide designs ready to apply to new or existing presentations. If you’re starting with a new blank presentation, choose a ready-to-use PowerPoint theme. Discover vibrant and clean suggested layouts in a range of different themes like modern, soft, retro, pastel, and more. You can also enhance existing themes or layouts using Design Suggestions, powered by Copilot. Choose from a range of generated design suggestions with interesting layouts and high-quality stock images.

Additionally, you can add essential slides to your presentation quickly using Slide Starters suggested by AI. Browse through the range of slides like agenda, glossary, and more.

3. Enhance slides with stock visuals

Instantly elevate a presentation’s visual appeal using royalty-free stock assets. Explore a range of high-quality images, icons, people, stickers, illustrations, and cartoons to easily insert onto a slide. Personalize the picture format by editing color corrections, artistic effects, transparency, and borders. Easily remove the background for free, as well as customize the size and height, crop, rotate, and align.

You can also prompt Copilot to suggest suitable images for your presentation, whether from the Microsoft stock library or your brand library (if one is set up for Copilot). Also, you can ask Copilot to generate an image to create something unique for your presentation.

4. Improve presentation formatting

If you're making a PowerPoint from scratch, utilize professional presentation templates optimized for Copilot to save time. Open Design Suggestions to see suggestions on slide layouts, formatting, visuals or even, ideas on slides you might need with. You can also choose the right template when creating a presentation with Copilot themes, from minimalist and classic or vibrant and bright to suit any need. This is especially helpful for title slides where first impressions matter, or even text-heavy slides to ensure key points aren't lost.

5. Generate a presentation summary and rehearse with AI

Select summarize this presentation in PowerPoint to help you go through a long presentation quickly. You can also practice your presentation and delivery with the help of an AI-powered tool, Speaker Coach. Get real-time feedback and a summary report on your presentation rehearsal so you can present and share with confidence. AI listens to your speech when rehearsing with Coach and analyzes different aspects of your presentation like pace, sensitive phrases, reading from slides, filler words, originality, and so much more. To try it out, go to the Slide Show tab then select Rehearse with Coach.

Tips to leverage AI to generate the best PowerPoint presentation

Use Copilot in PowerPoint to its full potential by reading these useful prompting tips.

• Write informative Copilot prompts: if you’re creating a new presentation, Copilot works best when it knows your specific audience, scope, and purpose. Make sure to include detailed information like the number of slides, a clear outcome, and target audience.

• Share files and materials: Copilot can transform Word documents and PDFs into engaging slides if the right prompt is asked. Make sure to supply beneficial documents and material that will help AI generate the best outcome for you. For example, if you would like to turn a transcript into a presentation, attach the document directly inside the prompt.

• Ask for further suggestions: sometimes AI can generate a presentation that isn’t exactly what you were looking for. If this happens, ask Copilot to redesign or create new suggestions for you using specific instructions. For example, “reduce the text on slide two, add an appropriate icon and stock image where possible.”

Make engaging, creative, and impactful presentations in no time using Copilot and AI design suggestions in PowerPoint. Looking for more ways to improve slide deck creation with the AI presentation maker? Explore the best creative presentation ideas article.