Powerpoint Company Branding

reachrj 

This is not related to Copilot exactly, but it does help with the approach of "opening the template and removing all content" is to put corporate branding on the Slide masters, not the actual slides. Copilot does not affect the slide masters. I noticed Copilot adds pictures, even when I do not want it to do so, but all I have to do now is say "remove pictures from every slide" and this works. My usual steps are:-

1. Create a New ppt based on template with branding and graphics in the slide masters.
2. Using copilot, type "Create me a presentation from<file>, do not add any pictures"  (Note I still try to get it to NOT add pictures, but this has only worked once, but I still try every time 
3. To remove all the pictures, simply tell copilot to "remove" every picture on this presentation"
4. The "remove pictures" command will not affect your branded images in the slide masters.
5. Now you can right click any slide layout you do not like and select one of your branded layouts

In our template, many different styles of backgrounds, backgrounds and layout have been added.  But if you wish to edit these you can edit the slide master's in your specific presentation and add your own graphics.  It is not perfect, but is a good work around.