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Claude for Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Plugin : A set of capabilities installed into an AI application or a host · requires excel

Official Claude panel in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, with shared context across all three.

The direct competitor to Copilot for those with a Claude subscription; your documents are sent to Anthropic.

Official site
Overall score
7.6 /10
Security: one caveat, see the card
Utility
9.0
Reliability
6.0
Security
One caveat
Ease
1 click · Beginner

Security reflects where data goes, requested permissions and incidents on record at the verification date. It is not a guarantee of zero risk: check the deployment mode and the connections you enable.

What it does, concretely

Working on a Word document, an Excel spreadsheet, or a PowerPoint presentation often means tedious back-and-forth between the application and an external assistant. Claude for Office integrates a Claude panel directly into these three Microsoft applications, without leaving the usual work environment.

In practice, a side panel opens inside Excel, Word, or PowerPoint. Claude can read the content of the active document, answer questions about it, suggest rewrites, generate text, or analyze data. Context is shared across all three applications, so switching between them does not break the conversation.

This tool is aimed at people who already use Microsoft 365 daily and who have a paid Claude subscription. It is particularly suited to those looking for an alternative to Copilot while staying within their Office environment.

It is not suitable for users on the free Claude plan, nor for those working with documents containing sensitive information they do not wish to share with Anthropic.

What it offers

  • ·Claude side panel integrated directly into Excel, Word, and PowerPoint (paid).
  • ·Reading of the active document content to answer contextual questions (paid).
  • ·Shared context across all three Microsoft applications for workflow continuity (paid).
  • ·Text generation and editing in Word without leaving the application (paid).
  • ·Data and spreadsheet analysis in Excel via the Claude panel (paid).
  • ·Assistance with content creation and rewriting in PowerPoint (paid).
  • ·Access to Claude models from within Microsoft 365 at no additional Microsoft cost (paid).

In practice

Price
Paid · from 18 €
Commercial use
Commercial use: yes
Available on
excel, word, powerpoint
Host
excel
Other hosts
excel, word, powerpoint
FR interface
Yes

Security and data

Rating
Security: one caveat, see the card
Your data
Data with the vendor
Maintenance
Active

Links and repository checked on 25 October 2026 · added on 7 May 2026

How to install Claude for Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

1. Make sure you have an active paid Claude subscription (Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise) at claude.com. 2. Open Excel, Word, or PowerPoint from your Microsoft 365 suite. 3. Go to the "Insert" tab, then "Add-ins" in the Microsoft application. 4. Search for "Claude" in the Microsoft add-in store and select the official Anthropic plugin. 5. Sign in with your Anthropic account to activate the side panel. 6. Caution: do not leave the panel active when working on documents containing confidential data, as their content is sent to Anthropic.
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