Use Microsoft Copilot in PowerPoint to Build Your Demand Review Deck

What This Does

Microsoft Copilot in PowerPoint can structure your demand review presentation, generate narrative text for each slide, and reformat content into consistent layouts — turning your raw numbers and bullet points into a polished slide deck faster than building it manually.

Before You Start

• Microsoft 365 subscription with Copilot
• Your demand review data and key messages prepared (numbers, key changes, top risks)
• PowerPoint open in desktop or browser (office.com)

Steps

1. Open a New Presentation

Open PowerPoint and start a new blank presentation. Or open your previous demand review deck and let Copilot help update it.

2. Open Copilot

Click Copilot in the Home ribbon. The Copilot pane opens on the right.

3. Generate a Slide Structure

Type this in Copilot:

Create a 6-slide demand review presentation structure for an S&OP meeting. Include slides for: Executive Summary, Category Performance vs. Plan, Forecast Highlights by Segment, Top Risks and Opportunities, Key Assumptions, and Supply Implications. Add placeholder text for each section.

What you should see: Copilot generates a 6-slide deck with appropriate layouts and placeholder content. This is your template — add your actual content into the structure.

4. Draft Narrative for a Specific Slide

Select a slide (e.g., Executive Summary). In Copilot, type:

Write the executive summary slide text for a demand review. Key headline: total demand plan is $45M for Q2, down 2% vs. prior plan. Key changes: innovation launch delayed 6 weeks, core portfolio running +4% vs. prior year. Top risk: competitive promo activity in H2. Format as 4 bullets, each under 15 words.

What you should see: Bullet points formatted for an executive audience, ready to paste or insert onto the slide.

5. Reformat Content Consistently

If your slide content looks inconsistent (different font sizes, misaligned text), select all slides and type in Copilot:

Make the formatting consistent across all slides — same font size for body text, same heading style, professional appearance.

What you should see: Copilot applies consistent formatting across the deck.

Real Example

Scenario: It's the Friday before your Monday demand review and you still need to build this month's deck. You have your numbers in Excel but haven't started the presentation.

What you do: Open PowerPoint → Copilot → paste your key metrics and changes → ask for slide structure → ask Copilot to draft the executive summary and key risk slides.

What you get: A presentation skeleton with professional formatting and draft narrative text in 30 minutes instead of 3 hours. You spend the remaining time reviewing accuracy (the analysis part), not formatting.

Tips

• Give Copilot your actual numbers — the more specific the input, the more useful the output
• Ask Copilot to "rewrite this slide in a more executive tone" or "make this more concise" to refine any section
• Keep a "master template" deck with your company's color scheme and logo — open it as a base before asking Copilot to generate content, so the formatting matches your standards

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