Copilot in PowerPoint can now edit straight from an email
Point Edit with Copilot at a specific email and it pulls that content into the slide edit, instead of you copying bullet points across by hand.
Source: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Reference an email with Work IQ when using Edit with Copilot in PowerPoint to create a presentation —
Microsoft 365 Roadmap, item 555888
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What it is
A Work IQ feature inside PowerPoint's Edit with Copilot, the tool that lets Copilot restructure or rewrite a presentation for you.
What it does
When you ask Copilot to edit a presentation, you can now point it at a specific email as source material. It pulls content from that email into the edit, rather than relying only on the slide content and your prompt.
Why I should care
This is the kind of small connector feature that quietly makes Copilot more useful without changing how you work day to day. If you've ever built a deck by copying bullet points out of an email by hand, this replaces that step.
What action I need to take
Next time you're editing a presentation with Copilot, try referencing the source email directly instead of copying its content in first. Check the output against the original email before you present from it — Copilot summarises rather than quotes verbatim, and detail can get smoothed over.
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