OpenAI adds ChatGPT to PowerPoint

OpenAI has added ChatGPT directly to Microsoft PowerPoint, moving slide generation and editing into the presentation app instead of the ChatGPT web window. The new feature is in beta and appears as a sidebar inside PowerPoint, where users can ask ChatGPT to draft slides, revise existing decks and turn source material into presentation-ready content. OpenAI’s help documentation says the tool preserves editable slide structure rather than exporting a static file. Microsoft’s marketplace listing shows the add-in is available across both consumer and workplace education tiers. ### So what actually changed on May 24? May 24 is when outside coverage and OpenAI’s newly published materials began pointing to a PowerPoint-native release in beta. OpenAI’s help center describes “ChatGPT for PowerPoint” as a sidebar experience inside Microsoft PowerPoint, and the company’s product page says users can create new slides, update existing decks, and polish presentations without leaving the app. WinBuzzer reported the add-in appeared on May 24. (help.openai.com) The product page says the add-in can build a first draft from source material, revise slides already in a deck, and answer questions about a presentation. The help documentation also says the feature is designed to keep slides editable in PowerPoint after ChatGPT generates them. ### Who can use it, and where is it available? (help.openai.com) OpenAI’s product page says the beta is available globally for ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, Edu, Teachers and K-12 users, as well as ChatGPT Free, Go, Pro and Plus users. Microsoft Marketplace uses similar availability language and labels PowerPoint as beta while describing Excel support as generally available. (help.openai.com) Microsoft Marketplace says users install “ChatGPT by OpenAI” from the Office add-in store and then open it from the Office sidebar in Excel or PowerPoint. The listing says users must sign in with the OpenAI account associated with their plan. ### What can the add-in do inside a deck? OpenAI says the PowerPoint add-in can create, edit, understand and polish presentations from within the app. (chatgpt.com) That includes drafting slides from notes or documents, updating wording in an existing presentation, and helping users inspect a deck’s structure and content from the sidebar. (marketplace.microsoft.com) The marketplace description groups PowerPoint with Excel as part of a broader Office add-in approach, saying ChatGPT helps users move from analysis to communication without switching tools. That places slide creation alongside spreadsheet work rather than treating presentations as a separate export step. (help.openai.com) ### How does this fit with OpenAI’s other office integrations? March 2026 is when OpenAI introduced ChatGPT for Excel in beta, saying the spreadsheet add-in brought ChatGPT directly into workbooks and was powered by GPT-5.4. In an April 22 update to that announcement, OpenAI said ChatGPT for Google Sheets had also become available in beta and that it had added app integrations and skills for those spreadsheet tools. (marketplace.microsoft.com) OpenAI’s current marketplace listing now presents Excel and PowerPoint together under one “ChatGPT by OpenAI” app. The company’s PowerPoint page therefore extends a pattern already visible in spreadsheets: putting ChatGPT inside the software where the work is being done rather than requiring users to paste results from a separate chat window. That last point is an inference from the product lineup and marketplace presentation. (openai.com) ### Where do users go next? Microsoft Marketplace is the installation point for the add-in, and OpenAI’s help center has the setup and usage documentation for the beta. The marketplace page says PowerPoint support is still in beta, while OpenAI’s product page says the feature is available globally across consumer, business and education plans listed there. (help.openai.com) (marketplace.microsoft.com)