PowerPoint gets Copilot button that makes slides clickable

A new Copilot skill in PowerPoint lets users create slides that viewers can click through themselves, according to a message from Microsoft to IT administrators.

The skill is called "Create Interactive Slide" and produces interactive visualizations that fill an entire slide. According to the message, they can be used for complex concepts, timelines, comparisons, systems and data.

How to use it

Users can launch the skill from the "Interactive Slide" button on the Home and Insert tabs or from the Copilot chat in PowerPoint.

According to an independent review on the site HubSite365, the tool can turn bullet points, tables and data into clickable elements such as filters, rotating layouts and hotspots on images. Users don't have to leave PowerPoint to do it.

The examples in the review include a budget slide with a filterable overview and the ability to adjust ROI (return on investment), an education slide with clickable stages of human evolution, and dashboards with rotating topics and clickable icons.

Who can use it, and when

A Copilot license is required. There are no admin settings to configure.

According to Microsoft's message, the rollout is scheduled for mid-October 2026 on Windows, Mac and the web. Users in the Frontier and Beta channels, where Microsoft tests new features ahead of everyone else, already have access. Other sources cite slightly different timing, so the exact date may vary.

In PowerPoint Live in Teams, each meeting participant can work with slides on their own, according to the message. What they do is not shared with other participants or with the presenter.

Interactive slides work on iPad. On iPhone and Android, they appear as regular images without interactivity.

Possible drawbacks

HubSite365 points to some drawbacks: larger files, challenges for screen readers (assistive tools for blind and visually impaired users) and security concerns if the content is linked to data. That is the blog's assessment and not something Microsoft has documented itself.

Microsoft recommends that organizations brief their support teams, find Frontier participants for early testing and update internal guidelines for PowerPoint.