Anthropic Embeds Claude AI Inside Microsoft PowerPoint for Slide Creation

Claude Comes to Office Productivity

On February 23, Anthropic launched Claude in PowerPoint via Microsoft AppSource. The Microsoft 365 add-in embeds Claude AI directly inside PowerPoint, enabling users to generate new slides, edit existing ones, and build complete presentation structures from natural-language prompts — all while respecting the deck's existing slide master, layouts, fonts, and color schemes.

Key Features

Slide generation: Create competitive comparisons, product overviews, and more from prompts

Slide editing: Modify specific slides or text elements using natural language

Brand consistency: Automatically follows existing slide masters and design rules

Model choice: Switch between Sonnet 4.5 (lighter edits) and Opus 4.6 (complex restructuring)

Limitations and Security

The add-in remains in beta: advanced PowerPoint features lack full support, chat history does not persist between sessions, and Team/Enterprise data retention settings are not yet inherited. Anthropic warns users to be cautious of prompt injection risks when using untrusted files or templates.

Enterprise Expansion Strategy

Claude for Excel is also available in beta for Max, Team, and Enterprise users. The PowerPoint integration is part of Anthropic's broader strategy to embed Claude across productivity tools including Slack, Figma, and Asana.

Source: gHacks