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[What and why:]
Rolling out in Frontier, this skill reads the whole deck: slides, charts, tables and speaker notes, and hands back an impartial guide: the gist, the ask, the key takeaways, key numbers and open questions.
This experience can help users review and understand presentations more efficiently and identify information that may require further attention.
[Rollout schedule:]
Frontier: Rolling out in September 2026
[Impact on your organization:]
Who is affected:
- Users with access to this feature in PowerPoint for Windows desktop.
Platform:
- PowerPoint for Windows desktop.
After this change, users can access a personalized reading guide for a presentation. The guide provides an impartial summary of the presentation and highlights:
- The presentation’s main idea
- Key takeaways
- Important numbers
- Relevant visuals
- Speaker notes
- Open questions
This change is intended to help users understand presentation content more quickly.
[Action required / Recommendations:]
No action is required.
A Copilot license is required.
You may want to inform your users about this new experience and update internal training or support documentation as appropriate.
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