PowerPoint Copilot: Updates & Tutorial

Key insights

• Copilot in PowerPoint received major 2026 updates that focus on faster deck creation, stronger brand control, and better enterprise grounding.
  These changes move Copilot from a simple text helper to a more capable in-app assistant.
  
• Brand Kit and Skills improve consistency and speed: Brand Kit Picker applies admin-approved colors and fonts, while Skills let users run repeatable slide actions with one click instead of long prompts.
  
• Grounding and reference-based deck creation let Copilot use company content and specific sources: it can pull from email, OneDrive, SharePoint, and public web sources, or restyle a deck using another presentation as a reference.
  
• MAI-Image-2-Efficient and image-editing upgrades bring improved AI image generation and on-slide editing across Windows, Mac, and the web, making visual creation faster and more integrated.
  
• Comments and mobile improvements boost collaboration: Copilot can draft, reply to, and resolve comments, while iOS/iPad updates support multi-step actions, grounding from current slides or attachments, and background execution when switching apps.
  
• Agentic workflow and practical benefits: the experience reduces manual prompting, speeds first drafts, standardizes formatting, and helps teams keep presentations aligned with company identity.
  

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