PowerPoint Copilot explains images and shapes in decks
Reviewed by Helen Jones
Microsoft says Copilot in PowerPoint can now give detailed explanations for selected shapes and images. The change appeared in the June 16, 2026 Microsoft 365 Copilot release notes and expands the Explain feature beyond text boxes, acronyms, tables, and slides.
Before this update, PowerPoint Copilot was more useful for text-heavy slide review than for visual understanding. Users still had to interpret diagrams, screenshots, process shapes, and dense visuals before deciding what to rewrite or present. Now the review step can start with the visual objects themselves. That is useful for inherited decks, busy project slides, and presentations built by someone else, but it also raises the bar for review: Copilot can help explain a visual, but the user still needs to check whether the explanation matches the business context.
Analysis
Take one complicated internal deck and use Explain on three diagrams or screenshots. Add the best prompt and review wording to your PowerPoint Copilot playbook.
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