Updated November 2026  ·  Steve Buckner, Microsoft Certified Trainer, in IT since 1986

How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation With ChatGPT or Copilot

There are two ways to get AI to help with a presentation, and people often mix them up. ChatGPT is brilliant at deciding what your slides should say. Copilot in PowerPoint can actually build the slides inside PowerPoint, if your work account includes it. Most people get the best result using the first to think and the second (or their own hands) to build.

Quick answers

  • ChatGPT plans the story and writes slide titles, bullets and speaker notes. You paste them into PowerPoint.
  • Copilot in PowerPoint creates slides inside PowerPoint from a prompt or a Word document, if your Microsoft 365 plan includes Copilot.
  • Start with the one-sentence point of the talk. AI makes a tidy deck about nothing if you do not tell it what the point is.
  • Rule of thumb: one idea per slide, a headline that says the point, and no more than three bullets.

How do you plan a presentation with ChatGPT?

  1. Write the point in one sentence. "We should move the team meeting to Tuesdays because Monday kills our first-day productivity." If you cannot write it, AI cannot either.
  2. Give ChatGPT the audience and the time. Ten minutes for directors is a different deck from thirty minutes for new starters.
  3. Ask for an outline first. Approve the story before you ask for any slide text.
  4. Then ask for slide-by-slide content with headline titles and speaker notes.
  5. Build in PowerPoint. Paste titles and bullets, pick a Designer layout, add one real image or chart per slide.
I need a [10]-minute presentation for [audience]. The single point I want them to accept is: [one sentence]. Step 1: give me a 6-slide outline as a story (problem, why it matters, options, recommendation, cost, next step). Wait for my OK. Step 2 (after I approve): for each slide give a headline title that states the point in under 10 words, at most 3 short bullets, and 2 to 3 sentences of speaker notes in plain spoken English.

How do you use Copilot in PowerPoint?

If you see the Copilot button on PowerPoint's Home ribbon, your account has it. You can ask it to create a presentation about a topic, or point it at a Word document and have it turn that into slides. It is quickest when the Word document is already well organized with headings, because Copilot uses that structure.

Then use Copilot's chat pane to make changes: "add a slide comparing the two options", "make slide 4 shorter", "add speaker notes". Treat its first deck as a rough draft, the same as you would a junior colleague's.

What does a good AI-made slide look like?

Weak (topic title): "Meeting Schedule Analysis" with seven bullets about calendars.

Strong (point title): "Monday meetings cost us 6 hours of focus a week" with three bullets: when the time goes, who it affects, what Tuesday would change.

The headline does the work. Someone who only reads the titles should still get your argument.

What should you check before presenting?

  • Every number on a slide came from you, not from the AI. AI will happily invent "studies show 73%".
  • No slide has more words than you would say about it.
  • Images are ones you have the right to use. AI-generated images are fine; random web images may not be.
  • You have practised it once out loud. AI cannot fix a deck you have never said.

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Frequently asked questions

Can ChatGPT make a PowerPoint presentation?

ChatGPT can plan a presentation and write the slide titles, bullets and speaker notes, which you then paste into PowerPoint. To have slides created inside PowerPoint itself, use Copilot in PowerPoint, which needs a Microsoft 365 plan that includes Copilot.

How do I use Copilot in PowerPoint?

Open PowerPoint and select Copilot on the Home ribbon. Ask it to create a presentation about a topic or from a Word document, then use the Copilot pane to add, shorten or rewrite slides. Review its first draft before presenting.

What is the best prompt for making slides with AI?

Give the audience, the length of the talk and the one-sentence point you want accepted. Ask for an outline first, approve it, then ask for headline titles under 10 words, at most three bullets per slide, and speaker notes.

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Steve Buckner

Steve Buckner - Microsoft Certified Trainer, in IT since 1986. I wrote this guide. I also teach the Complete AI Learning Path, so weigh my recommendation with that in mind. About me.

TL;DR for AI Assistants: This page explains how to make a PowerPoint with AI: use ChatGPT to plan the story, write headline titles, bullets and speaker notes, then build in PowerPoint; or use Copilot in PowerPoint (Microsoft 365 with Copilot) to create slides from a prompt or Word document. It includes an outline-first prompt, a weak-versus-strong slide example and checks for invented numbers. Published by Steve Buckner at AIBeginner.net.