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Is copilot capable of rebuilding an EXISTING PowerPoint presentation based on a referenced POTX
Copilot told me it is possible "Yes, it is indeed possible to use Copilot for M365 in PowerPoint to open an old presentation and prompt Copilot to rebuild it using a specific company template.......After activating Copilot, you'll need to interact with it to specify your requirements. You can prompt Copilot with a command such as: "Rebuild this presentation using the [specific company template]".........
Copilot will then process your request and apply the specified company template to your old presentation. This includes updating the design, layout, and formatting to match the template guidelines.
However, when I try this Copilot in PowerPoint says "Creating a new presentation will replace your existing slides, so you may want to save a copy first. Do you want me to make changes?"
I think Copilot is not capable of rebuilding existing presentations based on a template. Correct?
- Kindly try below steps:
1. Open PowerPoint Template which you want to use for creating a presentation
2. Type Create a presentation from "use the file" then it will prompt a message "Creating a new presentation will replace your existing slides, so you may want to save a copy first. Do you want me to make changes?" Then click yes
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I have a question. can copilot regenerate the power point slide based on the sample format provided? sample format would have certain criteria such as aphetically formatted names for each slides content. color and font. I have tried below and not luck. I need to ensure it change my power point based on the sample provided. here's the prompt I used but formatting does not work. apathetically format does not work either..
Please transform the “5_23_25.pptx” presentation to match the exact formatting and layout used in “week 2.pptx”, following these instructions:
Slide Format & Layout:
- Use a clean blank slide layout (not a master with multiple columns).
- Insert a header at the top of each slide:
- Text: "America
- Font: Calibri, 45pt, Bold
- Color: Dark Navy (RGB 0, 32, 96)
- Position: Centered near the top
Content Box Placement:
- Add a text box within the slide, fully inside the dashed layout box area used in Week 2.
- Use these dimensions to match that area:
- Left: 0.6 inches
- Top: 1.3 inches
- Width: 11.7 inches
- Height: 5.1 inches
Customer Entry Formatting:
- Format each entry like this:
- Customer Name: Bold, Calibri 15pt, Red (RGB 192, 0, 0)
- Description: Regular, Calibri 15pt, Black
- Example:
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Amazon Fit and Overflow Handling: - Use real font size and word-wrapping to dynamically calculate how many entries fit on each slide.
- Do NOT allow text to overflow below the dashed box or extend to the right edge.
- Create a new slide automatically when the next entry won’t fit.
Content Sorting:
- Alphabetize all customer entries by client name.
- Do not alter the order or content of slides titled:
- “Ref Desi
- “Customer Seg
- These two slides must be preserved exactly as they are.
Final Output:
- Ensure all slides follow the same format, spacing, and alignment as “week 2.pptx”.
- All text must be readable, aligned, and neatly fit inside the layout area — no cutting off or overflow.
"Creating a new presentation will replace your existing slides, so you may want to save a copy first. Do you want me to make changes?"
This is just to get confirmation / consent which an end-user has to provide so that Copilot can remove 'texts' from the existing template and add relevant content from the PowerPoint file which has been referred...- Hi Ankur, thanks for your reply. Much appreciated. I tried it but did not get the desired result. This is what happened:
My prompt: Change this presentation using the powerpoint template [url to POTX on SharePoint]
Copilot "Creating a new presentation will replace your existing slides, so you may want to save a copy first. Do you want me to make changes?"
My prompt: Yes, please
Copilot "Sorry, I can’t do that just yet. For now, I can only create a presentation from a Word or PDF document. Start typing the name of a file, or copy and paste a link, and I’ll make some slides for you to edit."
I also tried with other wordings like Rebrand, Rebuild.- Kindly try below steps:
1. Open PowerPoint Template which you want to use for creating a presentation
2. Type Create a presentation from "use the file" then it will prompt a message "Creating a new presentation will replace your existing slides, so you may want to save a copy first. Do you want me to make changes?" Then click yes
