Anthropic’s Claude Now Connects Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint Workflows

Anthropic upgraded Claude's Excel and PowerPoint add-ins to enable seamless cross-application workflows, allowing users to analyze data in Excel and automatically generate presentations in PowerPoint without switching between programs. The AI assistant now maintains shared context across both applications during sessions and introduces reusable "Skills" for common tasks like auditing financial models and building competitive slides. Available to paid users, the integration helps professionals streamline work by eliminating repetitive data entry and enabling continuous conversations between spreadsheets and presentations.