Explain Selected Slide Text in PowerPoint Live

Attendees in a PowerPoint Live meeting can select text on a slide and have Copilot explain it in a side pane.

Attendees select any text on a slide and Copilot returns an explanation in the side pane, where slide content in PowerPoint Live was previously static
The explanation is generated within the meeting environment rather than by sending slide content elsewhere
Available on Windows only. Roadmap ID 557256

Letting attendees resolve a confusing slide themselves without stopping the presenter.

You are presenting dense material and questions about one line derail the whole session.

Presenters running technical or detail-heavy decks, and the attendees sitting through them.

Staying informed is great. Staying ahead is better.

Pick a topic and leave with something you created.

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August 25, 2026·Source

Attendees in a PowerPoint Live meeting can select text on a slide and have Copilot explain it in a side pane.

Attendees select any text on a slide and Copilot returns an explanation in the side pane, where slide content in PowerPoint Live was previously static
The explanation is generated within the meeting environment rather than by sending slide content elsewhere
Available on Windows only. Roadmap ID 557256

Letting attendees resolve a confusing slide themselves without stopping the presenter.

You are presenting dense material and questions about one line derail the whole session.

Presenters running technical or detail-heavy decks, and the attendees sitting through them.

Pick a topic and leave with something you created.

Get new module drops and weekly AI strategy.