I received this notice from Microsoft this past week.
I did a search and never did a blog post on the PowerPoint QuickStarter feature. When it was released in 2017 I know I tested it and was not a fan of it. For posterity and future reference, QuickStarter is – was – opened by going to FILE > NEW > QUICKSTARTER
Add a presentation topic and click SEARCH
A summary of topics per slide is presented. Unselect any slide topic and click NEXT
Select a Microsoft template (and only a Microsoft template) for the presentation and click CREATE
A presentation is created with content, speaker notes, and the first 2 hidden slides are PowerPoint formatting and use tips (such as tip to open the Presenter Notes to see the added content)
Actually I was impressed with the technology and coding, but not a fan of how I saw it being used as a school report shortcut. Now in 2024, I am more impressed with how this pre-AI assembly of data feature is the OG of automated presentation creation – and in experimenting with it more this week, Quickstarter does as good a job as CoPilot in creating a presentation on a specified topic!
Troy @ TLC