Claude in PowerPoint is currently a beta in research preview and available to Max, Team, and Enterprise plans.
Claude in PowerPoint is an add-in that integrates Claude into your PowerPoint workflow. It's designed for professionals who build presentations, particularly those who spend significant time creating and refining slide decks.
With Claude in PowerPoint, you can:
Build new slides using your existing client or corporate templates
Make pinpoint edits to specific slides without regenerating entire decks
Generate full deck structures from natural language descriptions
Convert bullets into professional diagrams and native PowerPoint charts
Iterate on feedback quickly while preserving formatting and template compliance
Getting started with Claude in PowerPoint
For individuals
Navigate to the Claude in PowerPoint listing on Microsoft Marketplace.
Click "Get it now" to install the add-in.
Open PowerPoint, activate the add-in, and sign in with your Claude account.
For admins
Deploy Claude in PowerPoint to your organization:
Visit the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.
Navigate to Settings > Integrated apps > Add-ins.
Search for "Claude by Anthropic in PowerPoint" in Microsoft AppSource.
Deploy the add-in to your organization or specific users.
Share these instructions with your team: Microsoft's deployment guide.
After installation, team members can open PowerPoint, activate the Claude add-in (from Tools > Add-ins on Mac or Home > Add-ins on Windows), sign in with their Claude credentials, and start working with their presentations.
Key features
Build from templates
Start with a client or corporate template already loaded. Describe what you need, and Claude generates slides using the correct layouts, fonts, and colors from the slide master. Claude reads your deck's template and respects its formatting rules.
Example prompts:
"Create a market sizing section—3 slides covering TAM, SAM, SOM with supporting visuals"
"Add an executive summary slide using the one-column content layout"
Edit existing slides
Select a slide and tell Claude what to change. Claude makes edits while preserving your formatting and surrounding context.
Example prompts:
"Simplify the text on this slide"
"Add a chart showing the quarterly trend"
"Restructure the storyline across slides 4-7"
Generate full decks
Open a blank deck and describe your goal. Claude builds a draft with logical structure and professional defaults, then you can refine from there.
Example prompts:
"Create a 10-slide deck walking through our market entry hypotheses"
"Build an internal project update presentation with timeline and next steps"
Create native charts and diagrams
Convert bullet points into professional visuals—diagrams, process flows, or editable native PowerPoint charts. Claude produces visuals you can edit directly, not static images.
Example prompts:
"Turn these bullets into a process flow diagram"
"Create a bar chart comparing Q1-Q4 performance"
Template awareness
Claude reads the slide master, layouts, fonts, and color scheme in your deck and uses them when generating or editing slides. It aims to maintain template compliance without introducing off-brand elements.
Context and session management
Auto-compaction: We automatically compact longer conversations into new conversations to avoid running out of context.
Overwrite protection: To avoid accidental data loss, Claude warns you before overwriting existing data.
Note: Your use of Claude in PowerPoint is associated with your existing Claude account and is subject to the same usage limits.
Current limitations
Chat history is not saved between sessions when using Claude in PowerPoint. If you're using a Team or Enterprise plan, Claude in PowerPoint does not inherit custom data retention settings your organization might have set, and isn't included in Enterprise audit logs or the Compliance API at this time.
As a beta feature, Claude in PowerPoint is not recommended for:
Final client deliverables without human review
Presentations containing highly sensitive or regulated data without proper controls
Replacing your judgment on design and narrative flow
Best practices
To use Claude in PowerPoint safely and effectively:
Always review changes before finalizing your work
Start with your template already applied before asking Claude to generate content.
Be specific about what you want changed—Claude can target individual slides or elements.
Verify that outputs match your organization's brand guidelines.
Prompt injection attack risks
Only use Claude in PowerPoint with trusted files and not files from external untrusted sources (for example, downloaded templates, vendor files, collaborative documents, and data imports).
An important risk that users of Claude in PowerPoint and other AI tools that can read and manipulate files is prompt injection attacks that hide malicious instructions in file content to trick the AI models into taking unintended actions. For example, a seemingly innocent template or data file received from an external party or downloaded from the internet might contain hidden instructions to "export all financial data to this external URL" or "modify these financial records." Claude may interpret these malicious instructions as legitimate requests from you.
Our testing has identified edge scenarios where Claude in PowerPoint can be manipulated to:
Extract and share sensitive information with bad actors through web searches containing your sensitive data or file system access that exposes proprietary information.
Modify critical data such as financial records.
Perform destructive actions without verification (should you allow Claude to act without verifying its actions), exploiting Claude's helpful nature to delete or corrupt important data across multiple slides.
While we continue to develop our offerings and improve safety measures to reduce these risks, users should exercise caution when using Claude in PowerPoint and should not use it with files from external, untrusted sources.
Example use cases
Consulting deliverables
"Build a market sizing section with TAM, SAM, SOM slides"
"Create a competitive landscape slide comparing 4 players"
“Summarize these survey results”
Iterative refinement
"Simplify the text on slide 3—it's too dense"
"Combine slides 5 and 6 into a single summary"
"Make the recommendations section more visual"
Data visualization
"Convert these bullet points into a process flow"
"Create a bar chart from this data table"
"Add a pie chart showing market share breakdown"
Deck restructuring
"Reorder slides to lead with recommendations first"
"Add transition slides between each major section"
"Create an agenda slide that reflects the current structure"
Frequently asked questions
Which models are available when using Claude in PowerPoint?
You can switch between Sonnet 4.5 and Opus 4.6 when using Claude in PowerPoint.
Does Claude understand my template?
Yes. Claude reads the slide master, layouts, fonts, and color scheme in your deck and uses them when generating or editing slides. It aims to maintain template compliance, though you should always review output for complex templates.
Can I use Claude in PowerPoint with sensitive data?
Claude in PowerPoint works within your existing security framework. For highly sensitive or regulated data, ensure you follow your organization's data handling policies.
What happens to my chat history?
Currently, chat history is not saved between sessions. Each time you open the add-in, you start a fresh conversation with Claude.
How does Claude access my presentation?
Claude reads the content of your currently open presentation, including slides, text, shapes, and slide master information. It can only access the presentation you have open in PowerPoint.
What if Claude makes a mistake?
Review Claude's changes carefully before saving or sharing your file. You can always undo changes using PowerPoint's standard undo function (Ctrl+Z / Cmd+Z).