PowerPoint Copilot creates interactive slides

Key insights

• The Interactive Slide command offers summary, dashboard, timeline, comparison and custom formats.
• A prompt can ask Copilot to build a slide from information already on a slide.
• The demonstration shows audience members interacting individually in PowerPoint Live.
• The publisher reports that a Copilot license is required.
• The description gives a worldwide rollout window from mid-October through the end of October 2026.

PowerPoint Copilot’s Create interactive slide skill generates slides with interactive elements, letting viewers explore details such as timeline milestones, comparison criteria or regional data. It matters to presenters and PowerPoint authors who want one slide to support both an overview and a closer look. Giuliano De Luca [MVP] demonstrates the feature in a YouTube video, including its use in PowerPoint Live in Teams.

What it does

Interactive slides are designed to reveal information as people select parts of the slide, rather than displaying every detail at once. The command offers summary, dashboard, timeline, comparison and custom options, with Copilot taking a written prompt and generating a slide around the requested interaction. A custom prompt can describe the content, how viewers should explore it and the style to use.

The demonstration covers several examples: a timeline whose milestones reveal descriptions and activities, a vehicle comparison where a viewer can explore criteria, and a dashboard that displays revenue information by region and month. A summary slide allows exploration of fictional employee-survey results, while a process diagram exposes individual stages. These examples illustrate different patterns, not a guarantee that every prompt or dataset will produce the same result.

The feature can also create a new slide using information from an existing slide. In the dashboard example, Copilot creates a separate slide and uses the earlier slide’s data; it does not replace the original. The presenter also reports that subsequent generated slides followed the presentation’s style after he began with a branded template. The demonstration does not establish how reliably this works with all themes.

Who it is for and what you need

The feature is aimed at people authoring or presenting PowerPoint decks that benefit from guided exploration: for example, explainers, timelines, comparisons or dashboards. The video description says a Copilot license is required, but does not specify a license plan, tenant configuration or eligibility details. Confirm the feature’s availability in your own PowerPoint account before planning a presentation around it.

The description says the worldwide rollout is scheduled to start in mid-October 2026 and finish by the end of October 2026. That is a reported rollout window, not confirmation that the feature is active for every user. The description mentions Windows, Mac and PowerPoint for the web, but the demonstration itself does not verify availability across those clients. An official Microsoft availability link was not included among the supplied sources.

One prerequisite shown in the demonstration is access to Copilot in PowerPoint. The presenter checks whether the Create interactive slide skill is enabled through Manage skills, then accesses it through the Copilot prompt panel’s plus button and Plugins and skills. The material does not state any minimum PowerPoint version or give details about administrator controls.

How it works

Start with the Interactive Slide command in the PowerPoint command bar, or open the skill from the Copilot prompt panel. The available choices shown are summary, dashboard, timeline, comparison and custom. Custom inserts a prompt starter, after which you describe the slide you want.

1. Choose a format that matches the task, or select custom for a more open prompt.
2. Describe the subject and the interaction. For a timeline, for example, specify milestones and ask viewers to explore information about each phase.
3. Send the prompt to Copilot and review the generated slide. In the demonstrated examples, selecting a milestone, region, month or comparison factor changes the information shown.
4. Check the output and its details before presenting. For source data, compare generated figures and labels with the original; the vehicle and survey examples in the demonstration use fictional data.

For an existing slide, the demonstrated dashboard prompt asks Copilot to use that slide’s data. Copilot adds a new dashboard slide and preserves the original slide. A template can help establish the deck’s visual style, according to the presenter’s test, but the video does not show settings for enforcing brand rules.

PowerPoint Live adds an audience-use scenario. In the demonstration, a meeting attendee opens the slide and interacts with it independently. The description says those interactions are individual rather than synchronized with the presenter or other attendees. That means one attendee’s selections do not change what the rest of the audience sees.

Limitations and open questions

The demonstration does not provide a complete licensing breakdown or an independently verifiable rollout status by platform, update channel or organization. It also does not explain how the feature behaves for every type of source material or whether every generated interaction is editable in the same way. Those details should be checked in PowerPoint and through current Microsoft guidance before a broad rollout or a time-sensitive presentation.

Review generated content, especially numbers and comparisons. The presenter explicitly describes the comparison data as fictional, and the survey example is also identified as fictional. Interactive behavior can make a slide easier to explore, but it does not validate the underlying information. Test the interactions in the presentation context you plan to use, particularly if attendees will view the deck through PowerPoint Live.

The source material does not document the previous manual method or provide a direct comparison of build time. It does show that Copilot can generate an interactive slide from a prompt, but it does not establish that users can avoid editing or quality checks. For now, treat the output as a draft to inspect rather than a verified presentation deliverable.

Sources

• Giuliano De Luca [MVP] demonstrates Create interactive slide in PowerPoint

Frequently asked questions

What can PowerPoint Copilot create with Interactive Slide?

The demonstrated choices are summary, dashboard, timeline, comparison and custom. The generated slide can let viewers explore details such as milestones or regional data.

Do you need a Copilot license for interactive slides in PowerPoint?

The supplied video description says a Copilot license is required. It does not specify the eligible license plans.

Can attendees interact with PowerPoint interactive slides in Teams?

The demonstration shows an attendee interacting with a slide in PowerPoint Live. The interaction is described as personal, so it does not change the slide for the presenter or other attendees.

When are interactive slides available in PowerPoint?

The video description reports a worldwide rollout scheduled from mid-October to the end of October 2026. It does not confirm that the feature is available to every user or account.