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
    2024-04-01T23:12:53+00:00

    I am the Administrator of the account and licensing. We have Enterprise licences already assigned to the users that have tried to use the feature and we cannot use it. So the licensing issue is still there and has not been attended to.

    Very poor form of MS to launch a product that has not been thoroughly tested.

    In essence:

    • Have correct E1 license
    • Have MS365 Premium licence
    • Have paid the $30.00 PM for copilot for office 365

    Outcome:

    • not connecting or reading MS files to create presentations.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-31T21:59:22+00:00

    Hi Froilance,

    Same issue. I hope that Microsoft's product and marketing people get feedback--it is quite a fail to have customers pay a good bit of money for a time-saving productivity tool only to see that it doesn't work after hours of confusion. This seems like it should be a straightforward subscription, or at least clear in what it DOESN'T do. Somehow, something that should be quite simple is not simple.

    I hope that there's some clarity and a solution before long.

    Thanks.

    D

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-31T13:26:57+00:00

    I am having the same issue!

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-22T16:16:39+00:00

    Same, when I try to copy link it is telling me to use my work or school account. I paid for Copilot pro myself with my personal account to be able to do this.

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    When I first paid for the subscription, I did have the "Create from file" option when opening; it is no longer there. What a waste of $20 a month.

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