Anthropic Claude for Excel and PowerPoint
Anthropic's Claude for Excel and Claude for PowerPoint add-ins put Claude directly inside Microsoft 365 apps; Anthropic says they can share the full context of a conversation so every action in one app is informed by everything that happened in the other, and adds support for skills in the add-ins
Tool Overview
Features, steps and FAQ below
Features
- ✓ Built into Microsoft 365: Anthropic says that once the add-ins are installed Claude works inside Excel and PowerPoint, with context carrying automatically between applications
- ✓ Shared context across apps: Anthropic says the two add-ins can share the full context of a conversation, so every action Claude takes in one app is informed by everything that happened in the other
- ✓ Skills in the add-ins: Anthropic says it added support for skills in the add-ins so repeatable processes can be captured
- ✓ Cell-level transparency: Anthropic says Claude tracks and explains its changes and lets users navigate directly to the cells it references in its explanations
- ✓ Enterprise connectivity: Anthropic says users of Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI or Microsoft Foundry can connect to the add-ins via an LLM gateway
How to Use
- Install the Claude for Excel and Claude for PowerPoint add-ins from the Microsoft Marketplace
- Ask Claude to do tasks in natural language from the sidebar in Excel or PowerPoint
- Let Claude read, analyze, modify and create workbooks or slides, keeping context across apps
- Use skills to capture repeatable processes; enterprises can connect via an LLM gateway to Bedrock, Vertex AI or Microsoft Foundry
FAQ
What are Claude for Excel and PowerPoint?
Anthropic's Microsoft 365 add-ins, which Anthropic says let Claude work directly inside Excel and PowerPoint and carry context automatically between applications.
Can the two add-ins share context?
Anthropic says yes: the two add-ins can share the full context of your conversation, so every action Claude takes in one application is informed by everything that happened in the other.
Is skills supported?
Anthropic says it added support for skills in these add-ins, so repeatable processes can be captured.
How does Claude keep its actions transparent?
Anthropic says Claude tracks and explains the changes it makes and lets users navigate directly to the cells it references in its explanations.
How do enterprises connect the add-ins?
Anthropic says users of Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI or Microsoft Foundry can connect to the add-ins via an LLM gateway.