Bridge Data and Design with Cross-App Context Flow
Sync Claude across Excel and PowerPoint for unified document creation.
Use Claude Cowork add-ins for Excel and PowerPoint to share context across both apps, allowing the AI to draft slides based on spreadsheet data automatically.
The Scenario
You are preparing a monthly report and need to ensure your PowerPoint presentation perfectly reflects the data currently in your Excel workbook.
Before & after
You would manually copy data tables from Excel, paste them into PowerPoint, and then write bullet points based on the numbers. This takes 45–60 minutes.
Connect Claude to Excel and PowerPoint through the Cowork add-in. Claude will use the context from your spreadsheet to build your slides in 5–10 minutes.
The Prompt
Claude, look at my open Excel sheet [SHEET_NAME] and use the data to generate three PowerPoint slides summarizing the market share trends.
The integration allows for a shared context thread, meaning Claude understands that the data in your 'Revenue' sheet is what should drive the 'Growth' slide in your deck.
Source
Release notes | Claude Help Center"Every action Claude takes in one application is informed by everything that’s happened in the other."