Feedback on Presentations

Getting Feedback On A Presentation

Copilot in PowerPoint can act as a second pair of eyes on your own work — reviewing structure, content, and effectiveness rather than just generating new slides. Useful when the deck is technically done but you're not sure whether it actually lands.

Setting Copilot To Review Mode

Open Copilot Chat inside PowerPoint. Before asking for feedback, turn off Edit with Copilot.

This matters: with Edit mode on, Copilot tends to start modifying the deck right away. With it off, Copilot analyses the presentation and gives you feedback instead — which is what you want at the review stage.

Off first, on later.

What The Feedback Looks Like

Ask Copilot for feedback on the presentation. It reviews the deck and typically responds with:

• Strengths of the presentation;
• Areas that could be improved;
• Suggestions for clearer structure;
• Ideas for stronger messaging;
• Missing information that should be included.

That last one — what's missing — is often the most valuable. It's the hardest thing to spot in your own work, because you already know what you meant to say.

Applying The Feedback

Once you've read the suggestions, you have two options:

• Apply them manually — full control over the final result;
• Hand them back to Copilot — enable Edit with Copilot, copy the feedback points, and use them as a new prompt. Copilot then redrafts the presentation based on those recommendations.

The second option is a small trick: Copilot's own feedback becomes the next instruction it follows.

The Full Workflow

Putting it together:

1. Turn off Edit with Copilot and ask for feedback;
2. Review the suggestions Copilot returns;
3. Decide which ones should change;
4. Apply them — manually, or by re-enabling Edit with Copilot and using the feedback as a prompt.

The off-then-on toggle is the part most people miss. It separates analysis from editing — which is what makes the feedback useful.