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
    2024-02-08T23:01:28+00:00

    THANK YOU ... were you using the web version or the Office version? And was the document stored on OneDrive or somewhere else? It would be very helpful if you could copy/paste the entire prompt - I tried this: Create a presentation using file LMS_Meeting.docx and got this: Sorry, I don't know of a way to do that. Try rephrasing your request, or ask me about another feature. Maddening, but happy for you!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-08T23:06:59+00:00

    LOL - I tried another method based on the error message - I uploaded a doc to SharePoint - here's the latest message: It looks like this file is not on your organization’s SharePoint. Please upload the file to SharePoint and try again with the link to the uploaded file. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DID - haha. One step forward, 4 steps back. Ugh.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-08T23:33:34+00:00

    I used both the office version and the documents were stored in Onedrive

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-11T10:52:56+00:00

    And I am having the same issue. I have a Microsoft office 365 subscription and a copilot pro subscription but I cannot get PowerPoint copilot to create a presentation from a shared word file. Very disappointing.

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