In the previous post I talked about PowerPoint retiring the QuickStarter feature. Because I created a presentation on the 2024 Paris Olympics, I wondered what Copilot would create with the same ask. Let’s compare!
In PowerPoint, start a new presentation and open the Copilot pane (note: subscription to Copilot needed to do this). Select CREATE A PRESENTATION ABOUT… > finish the statement with a presentation topic in the lower entry area.
For this example, I used the same prompt used for my QuickStarter presentation, “2024 Paris Olympics”. This is a very high-level and simple prompt for Copilot to work with. It also is not a prompt I would use (eg. don’t do as I do in this case). A prompt that is a more detailed ask to Copilot is going to produce a much better, and tailored, presentation.
Copilot provides some information about what it is creating, and prompts us to use Designer for more slide layout options.
The first thing to note about the presentation, and something I have not noted before. The presentation name is labelled “QuickStarter” – the feature that was just announced as being retired! Maybe it is more of an evolution of the feature…
The presentation created is similar to the QuickStarter generated presentation:
- A selection of on-topic slides
- Speaker notes with more information on the topic of each slide
- Design based on a Microsoft template
But the copilot presentation is different from the QuickStarter presentation, some good and some not good:
- The Copilot presentation has A LOT of text on each slide (too much)
- The Copilot presentation integrates photos onto each slide (and the QuickStarter presentation had no images)
- The Copilot presentation does not offer any formatting and use of PowerPoint hidden slides with tips
For comparison, here is the QuickStarter presentation created from the ask/prompt “2024 Paris Olympics”
Troy @ TLC