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Anthropic
File creation (Claude)
Launched Sep 9, 2025
Claude creates and edits Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, PowerPoint decks and PDFs in Claude.ai and the desktop app, using a private computer environment to write and run code.
- Surface
- App
- Availability
- Generally available
- Plans
- Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise
- Retired
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Strengths & weaknesses
Strengths
- Spreadsheets with working formulas
- Converts between formats, e.g. PDF report to slides
Weaknesses
- Started as a preview behind an experimental setting
Preview for Max, Team and Enterprise at launch, Pro 'in the coming weeks' (release notes: Pro and mobile 2025-09-29). Post update: generally available for paid plans with network and egress controls on 2025-10-21.