Microsoft PowerPoint

When you present in Slide Show on just one display, like a laptop with no second monitor and no Presenter View, the on-screen presenting controls can be easy to miss. PowerPoint is making single-screen presenting easier: the controls you need to move through your slides and stay in command are more discoverable and useful, helping you present smoothly and confidently without a second screen.

GA: November CY2026

When you present with Presenter View, finding the right tool or slide shouldn't break your flow. Presenter View in PowerPoint for Windows has a refreshed design: presenter tools, slide navigation, and the timer now sit together in one control bar, and a new slide thumbnail strip lets you see what's coming and jump to any slide. You can also collapse or resize panes to focus on what matters most as you present.

GA: November CY2026

When you present with Presenter View, the controls you need should be easy to find at a glance. Presenter View in PowerPoint for Mac has a refreshed design: presenter tools, slide navigation, and the timer now sit together in one control bar, with updated icons and slide thumbnails. You can also collapse the thumbnail pane and the Next Slide and Notes pane to focus on what matters most as you present.

GA: November CY2026

You can now reference files saved in SharePoint libraries and OneDrive folders when creating a presentation with Copilot using Agent Mode in PowerPoint.

GA: June CY2026

You can now reference an email with Work IQ when using Edit with Copilot in PowerPoint to create a presentation.

GA: March CY2026

You can now reference files saved in SharePoint libraries and OneDrive folders when creating a presentation with Copilot using Agent Mode in PowerPoint.

GA: June CY2026

Change slide size in PowerPoint from a modern task pane that keeps you in the flow of editing with real-time slide changes. Choose common slide sizes including new social media presets, or customize dimensions with a cleaner, more approachable experience.

GA: November CY2026 · Preview: October CY2026

Change slide size in PowerPoint from a modern task pane that keeps you in the flow of editing with real-time slide changes. Choose common slide sizes including new social media presets, or customize dimensions with a cleaner, more approachable experience.

GA: November CY2026 · Preview: October CY2026

Copilot in PowerPoint helps you create, edit, and refine presentations through natural language—right inside your deck. Start a new presentation or build on an existing one by asking Copilot to generate slides, update content, improve layouts, and polish design, all while preserving your formatting, structure, and branding. Copilot can also connect to your brand kit to apply branded templates, insert brand-approved images, and check for brand compliance. Available to Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) users.

GA: October CY2026

Copilot in PowerPoint lets you create, edit, and refine presentations through natural conversation, directly in your presentation. You can start a new presentation or build on an existing one, asking Copilot to generate slides, update content, improve layouts, and polish design—while preserving formatting, structure, and branding. Copilot uses your files, meetings, emails, and more to help shape content and iterate quickly, and it connects to your brand kit so you can apply branded templates, insert brand approved images, and check for brand compliance. Available to Microsoft 365 Copilot–licensed users.

GA: October CY2026

You can now reference an email with Work IQ when using Edit with Copilot in PowerPoint to create a presentation.

GA: March CY2026

We're now introducing the third generation of the Microsoft 365 sharing experience designed to make collaboration simpler, smarter, and more secure by default. At the heart of this update is the new hero link, a single, powerful link that controls access to your files. Whether you copy a link, share via email, or send the URL from your browser, you now have a seamless and consistent way to share and stay in control of your files.

GA: October CY2026

In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, the ‘Prevent some connected experiences that analyze content’ label setting now prevents files in these apps from being sent to all Microsoft connected experiences for analysis, rather than a subset of these connected experiences.

GA: June CY2026 · Preview: May CY2026