Add an image to your presentation with Copilot in PowerPoint

Learn how to use AI in Microsoft 365 Copilot to add an image — including a branded image — to a PowerPoint presentation.

Note: If you don’t see Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or OneNote, it might not be included with your Microsoft 365 subscription or available based on your organization’s settings. Learn which Copilot license you have.

How to add anCopilot for Microsoft 365 image with Copilot

Copilot can help suggest stock images for your presentation. Maybe you have a presentation on parent volunteer opportunities at your child's school, but it can be improved by some images. Ask Copilot to "Add an image of a school playground," and it will go through the stock images and select an image to add from that collection.

You can also ask Copilot to suggest brand images if you're using Microsoft 365 Copilot and your administrator has set up this option.

Give it a try with your own prompts and see what Copilot can come up with for you!

Create images with AI

When you create an image with Copilot, you choose the image model that powers it — Microsoft AI, Anthropic, OpenAI, or others like Flux.2 from Black Forest Labs. Just ask Copilot to “Create an image,” such as “Create an image of a dog wearing sunglasses,” and it will generate one you can insert right into your presentation. The more specific your description, the better the response.

An AI-generated image of a dog wearing sunglasses

Tips for prompting generated images

Creating an image works differently than searching for stock images.

Designer's Image Creator works best when you're more descriptive, so get creative and add details like adjectives, locations, or even artistic styles such as "digital art" and "photorealistic."

Here's an example of how to create a longer, more descriptive prompt:

Original prompt: "Create an image of an astronaut."
Descriptive prompt: "Create a close-up photo of an astronaut in a glowing suit made of plasma, as if the galaxy is inside of it, putting on their helmet, but you can't see their face because of the visor, realistic, film stock, bright colors."

To learn more about how to write a great AI image prompt using Designer in Copilot, see Image Prompting 101.