Copilot not creating presentations from word documents...

Anonymous
2024-01-22T01:32:44+00:00

Hi, I recently purchased a subscription for copilot pro. All my office apps are up to date and I can see the copilot button in the ribbon. The issue I am having is that copilot won't create a presentation in powerpoint form a file - it has no idea what I'm talking about. Has anyone experienced this and found a fix?

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Steve Rindsberg 99,176 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2024-04-01T15:16:07+00:00

Conor (and all the other folks who've been having trouble with this missing feature):

TL;DR: Those of us with regular Office subscriptions cannot use this feature.

Microsoft has done a less than stellar job of explaining the new CoPilot feature and which versions of Office get what features.

The ability to create a presentation from a Word file is only available to users who:

a) Have an ENTERPRISE license for Office 365, and

b) Whose enterprise bosses have paid the $30/month per user fee for CoPilot

The *specific* name of the required product is "Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365" as distinct from CoPilot or CoPilot Pro.

Here's a page that explains the requirements:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/microsoft-365-copilot-requirements

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-03-18T14:48:28+00:00

    I am experiencing the same issue. Yesterday I purchased one with a full payment. I cant see presentation from file option

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-04T11:52:04+00:00

    You need to delete all the slides (also the first one) from the presentation or template. Then Copilot will show the option to create power point from a document. Unfortunately for me, although the option is there, it starts "Yes, I can do that" and after sometime it concludes it cannot due to some errors. And I have not found any solution to that.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-14T14:30:09+00:00

    Thank you. I will give that a try.

    All the best

    Gunter

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-14T12:43:55+00:00

    I managed to create my first presentation today after hours of struggling.

    Step 1: Upload your Microsoft Word doc to One Drive.

    Step 2: Open Your Document in Sharepoint and leave the tab with the open document open.

    Step 3: Copy the URL from the "Share" button.

    Step 4: Use the prompt "Create presentation from file /" and paste your url.

    I hope this helps.

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