Claude automates Excel, Word and PowerPoint creation
Claude’s file creation automates reports and decks
Anthropic’s Claude now generates Excel dashboards, Word docs and PowerPoint decks from your data. See benefits, setup steps and a real-world example.
Mint’s AI tool of the week spotlights Claude’s new file creation feature, which can turn raw files and simple prompts into finished Excel dashboards, Word reports, PowerPoint presentations, and PDFs.
The problem it tackles
Many leaders spend excessive time formatting spreadsheets, documents, and slides instead of focusing on decisions. Product managers often need days to merge support tickets, analytics, and feature requests into dashboards, PRDs, and stakeholder decks. Finance teams face similar drudgery—especially amid India’s GST updates—reconciling large datasets, building compliance views, and preparing board presentations. In some insurance firms, CFOs can lose 15–20 hours a month to formatting alone.
What Claude now does
Claude can generate ready-to-use Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and PDF files—complete with formulas, charts, professional layouts, and cross-references—based on uploaded data and clear instructions.
Key strengths
- Multi-file intelligence: Ingests multiple formats (Excel, Word, PDF, CSV) and produces connected outputs.
- Analysis plus creation: Performs statistical analysis and simultaneously builds polished deliverables.
- Enterprise-ready: Outputs work smoothly with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace, preserving formulas and formatting.
How to turn it on
- Open Settings → Capabilities → Experimental.
- Enable “Code execution and file creation.”
Example workflow
A chief product officer uploads six months of support tickets (CSV), NPS survey results (Excel), and feature request logs (Excel), then asks Claude to identify the top three pain points using statistical methods and produce:
- An Excel dashboard with sentiment analysis, ticket trends, and correlation to NPS.
- A Word product requirements document with clear structure and user stories.
- A PowerPoint for executives showing business impact and ROI projections.
Claude returns three cohesive, branded files. You can specify brand colors for consistent styling across the dashboard, document, and slides.
Why it matters
By combining analysis and document creation in a single flow, Claude reduces manual work and accelerates insight-to-output. The feature is designed for teams that need high-quality, office-ready deliverables without spending days on formatting.
Context and disclosure
This feature was validated through internal testing by the writers. The recommendations are independent and not influenced by the tool’s creators. This article is excerpted from Leslie D’Monte’s TechTalk newsletter for Mint. Jaspreet Bindra and Anuj Magazine are co-founders of AI&Beyond.
Bottom line
If your team regularly prepares dashboards, PRDs, and executive decks, Claude’s file creation can compress days of effort into a prompt-driven workflow.
