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AI is changing the way we build presentations, and Microsoft’s latest addition has a lot of people asking the same question: What is PowerPoint Copilot? If you use PowerPoint regularly, you’ve probably seen it mentioned as a faster, smarter way to create slides. But what does it actually do, and how does it compare to newer AI-first tools like Beautiful.ai?
Let’s break it down.
PowerPoint Copilot: The AI assistant inside Microsoft PowerPoint
PowerPoint Copilot is Microsoft’s built-in generative AI helper that’s part of Microsoft 365 Copilot. It’s designed to help you create, refine, and organize presentations faster using natural language prompts instead of manually editing slides.
Here’s what it can do:
- Generate full slide decks from a simple prompt (e.g., “Create a 10-slide pitch deck about product growth”).
- Turn text documents (like Word or outlines) into formatted slides.
- Rewrite and polish content, making bullet points clearer or more professional.
- Suggest layouts and visuals so your slides look more polished.
- Summarize key points from long presentations.
You interact with Copilot right inside the PowerPoint interface — just click the Copilot button, describe what you need, and let AI do the heavy lifting.
Tip: Copilot works by accessing content you already have (like files in Microsoft 365) and generating slides based on natural language prompts, but you still need a Microsoft 365 subscription with Copilot enabled.
Limitations to know
While Copilot can save you time, it’s not perfect:
- It may require a specific Copilot-enabled subscription on top of standard Microsoft 365.
- The AI output can sometimes feel generic or require editing to match your brand voice or style.
- Complex visual design is often still a manual process after Copilot creates the first draft.
Beautiful.ai: A smarter alternative for beautiful presentations
If you’re looking for something that not only generates slides, but also makes them visually stunning with less effort, Beautiful.ai is worth considering.
Here’s why:
- Smart Slide Design: Beautiful.ai automates layout and formatting based on your content so slides always look polished without heavy manual tweaking.
- Kickstart Your Ideas With AI: Just enter a prompt, add extra context, and get a beautiful presentation in seconds.
- Template-Driven Creativity: Choose from professionally designed templates crafted to help non-designers make great slides fast.
- Focus on Visual Impact: Unlike Copilot (which centers on content generation), Beautiful.ai emphasizes smart visual storytelling—ideal for pitches, reports, and sales decks.
- Theme And Brand Control: Define colors, fonts, logos, icons, and footers once. Save and reuse brand themes across decks and teams.
Think of PowerPoint Copilot as an AI writing and idea engine inside PowerPoint—great for content drafts. Meanwhile, Beautiful.ai is an end-to-end presentation builder that combines AI content help with design intelligence.
