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Claude in PPT

“Direct PPT control” — a slide carpenter that respects your template

📂 Slides💳 Paid🇰🇷 Strong Korean support📊 Intermediate
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WHAT

What is Claude in PPT?

Claude in PPT is Anthropic’s official add-in, installed inside PowerPoint. It builds and edits slides while preserving the slide master, fonts, and colors, and turns bullet points into editable shapes and charts. Its official name is Claude for PowerPoint.

  • 1Reads your company template and builds slides by its rules
  • 2Fix a single slide without rebuilding the whole deck
  • 3The output is real shapes and charts, not images
A carpenter in their 30s wearing a terracotta apron fits a new panel into an existing frame and checks that it matches the main frame
The Template-Keeping Slide Carpenter — a Nanum Consulting character that illustrates what Claude in PPT is like.
WHY

What sets it apart

These are the differences we found by running the same material through several tools in our training sessions.

🎨

Follows your company template

The official documentation says the add-in reads the deck’s slide master, layouts, fonts, and color scheme, then builds slides by those rules. Its aim is to avoid inserting off-brand elements, which is where it parts ways with tools that push a new template on you.

✂️

Pick one slide and fix it

You can point to a slide and say "the text on this slide is too dense" or "reorder slides 4 through 7." It touches only what needs fixing instead of regenerating the whole deck, so it builds directly on materials you have already made.

📈

Output is real shapes and charts

The official documentation says it turns bullet points into process flow diagrams or native PowerPoint charts, and that the results are editable elements, not pictures. When the numbers change, you don’t need to recreate an image.

⚖️ The weaknesses are clear, too

The official documentation itself lists the cases it does not recommend: final deliverables that no one has reviewed, sensitive or regulated materials, and use as a substitute for human judgment on design and storyline. The 2016 and 2019 perpetual-license versions, iPad, and Android are not supported, and it is not available on the free plan.

💡 In plain English

It is like calling in a carpenter who already knows the house and its materials. They build fast and stick to the blueprint, but what house to build is still your decision.

🏢 Why it matters for organizations

Training managers and planners should spend their time choosing the message, not polishing slides. A tool that drafts within your company template gives that time back, so the payoff shows up quickly.

SCENE

Same job, different approach

Your report is due tomorrow morning, and your slides are still just bullets

The old way

  1. Open the company template file and choose a blank layout
  2. Turns bullet points into shapes and aligns them
  3. A chart’s colors don’t match the brand, so you recolor it by hand
  4. You don’t start reordering until dawn

With Claude in PPT

  1. Keep the template-applied deck open and describe the structure
  2. Ask it to turn bullet points into flowcharts and charts
  3. Have it rework only the slides that feel off
  4. A person finalizes the message and the order
USE

Common uses

01

Drafting to fit your template

Open a blank deck with your company template applied, describe the purpose and length, and get a draft. It’s faster to set the structure first and then fill in the content.

02

Tidy up crowded slides

Point to a text-heavy slide and ask Claude to trim it or turn it into shapes. Formatting on the slides before and after stays intact.

03

Table to chart

Turns tables or lists of figures into editable charts. When the numbers change, you can fix them right in the chart.

FIT

Who it’s for

Best for

  • ✓You must follow your company or client template
  • ✓You often revise decks you have already built
  • ✓People already on a paid Claude plan

Better served by other tools

  • –You want to hand over the whole design with no template
  • –You only use PowerPoint 2016 or 2019 (perpetual license)
  • –You want to build and share slides right on the web
SECURITY

Can we use it at work?

The questions that adoption leads and security teams ask first.

Is my input used for training?The official docs state that inputs and outputs are deleted from the backend within 30 days of being received or generated. Conversation history is stored in your browser, not on a server, and you can clear it in settings.
Team and Enterprise plansAvailable on Team and Enterprise plans, and admins can deploy it to the organization through the Microsoft 365 admin center. However, the official documentation states that the organization’s custom data retention settings are not inherited and that activity is not included in the Enterprise audit log.
In every caseTemplates or shared files from outside your organization may contain hidden instructions. The official documentation also warns you to use it only on trusted files.

Note: organizations with compliance requirements should re-check the Compliance API coverage and retention policy in the official documentation.

START

10-minute quick start

  1. 1

    Get a paid Claude account (Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise).

  2. 2

    Find the “Claude for Microsoft 365” add-in on Microsoft AppSource and install it. The add-in itself is free to install.

  3. 3

    Open a deck that already uses your company template, turn on Claude from Add-ins on the Home tab, then log in.

  4. 4

    Start by picking one slide and fixing it. Generate a full deck later.

PROMPT

Copy-and-paste prompts

Replace only the [bracketed] parts, then paste it in.

Build the deck skeleton
Create a [number]-slide report deck on [topic]. Use the layouts and colors of the template that is currently open, and show a one-line key message for each slide first.
Fix a single slide
The text on slide [slide number] is too dense. Cut it to the key points, and leave the formatting and the flow of the surrounding slides unchanged.
Bullets to shapes
Turn the bullet points on this slide into a process flow diagram that shows the steps. Build it from editable shapes, not a picture.
Turn a table into a chart
Turn [range or table description] into a native PowerPoint chart. Make it a [bar/line/pie] chart and follow the template’s color scheme.
Reorder the slides
Reorder the slides in [section] so the conclusion comes first. Before changing anything, show me the proposed order as a list.
RECIPE

Using it with other tools

Linking two or three tools changes your work more than any single tool does.

Claude for content, the add-in for slides

1Use Claude to set the presentation flow and each slide’s message first
2Open your company template, then use Claude in PPT to turn the outline into slides
3A person does the final pass on emphasis and order

From performance numbers to a report deck

1Organize this quarter’s figures with Claude in Excel
2Hand the finalized table to Claude in PPT to turn it into a slide with a chart
3Use Claude to draft the presentation script and likely questions
CAUTION

Before you start

  • Apply your template first, then start. The official documentation recommends the same order.
  • Don’t send out generated slides as they are. A person should review the final materials.
  • Template files from outside your organization can contain hidden instructions. Read the confirmation prompt before you click.
  • Don’t hand off design and storyline decisions. The official documentation explicitly lists this as a use it does not recommend.
PRICE

Pricing: personal use and work use

Plans that individuals pay for are different from plans that organizations contract for by member.

For individual use

Free
$0

Claude in PPT is not included in the free plan

ProPlan to consider first
$22/month$18/month with annual billing ($220 upfront)

Includes Claude in PPT — a good plan for getting started

Max
From $110/month

Includes Claude in PPT · 5x and 20x the usage of Pro

Using it at work

Team · Standard seatStart here
$27.50 per person per month$22 per person per month when billed annually

Includes Claude in PPT · More usage than Pro, with unified member and billing management

Team · Premium seat
$137.50 per person/month$110 per person/month with annual billing

Includes Claude in PPT · 5x the usage of Standard. Claude Code · Claude Cowork

Enterprise
$20 per person per month + usageBilled annually · usage at API rates

Includes Claude in PPT · SCIM, audit logs, custom data retention, role-based access control

Checked 21 Sep 2026 · Claude in PPT is not a separate charge; it is included in Claude plans (excluding the Free plan). The amounts below are what Claude’s official pricing page shows when accessed from Korea (US dollars). Tax treatment varies by country of access, so these may differ from US prices. Prices change without notice — check the official page before you buy. Claude official pricing ↗ · Claude for PowerPoint official docs ↗

AGENT

Agentic AI — the version that does the work itself

It is not a chat window that dictates slide content. It is an add-in that builds and edits multiple slides directly inside PowerPoint, formatting included.

Claude for PowerPoint add-in

It reads the slide master of the deck you have open and builds or edits slides to follow those rules. It turns bullet points into flowcharts and basic charts, and connectors can pull in data from outside sources.

Best for
Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise. Not available on the free plan.
What to install
  • Install from the marketplace — find the “Claude for Microsoft 365” listing on Microsoft AppSource and click Get
  • Enable the add-in in PowerPoint and log in with your Claude account
  • Organization rollout — admins assign it to users or groups under Integrated Apps in the Microsoft 365 admin center
Requirements
PowerPoint on the web, PowerPoint for Windows with a Microsoft 365 subscription (build 16.0.13127.20296 or later), or PowerPoint for Mac 16.46 or later. The 2016 and 2019 perpetual-license versions, as well as iPad and Android, are not supported.
Windows · Git
On Windows, turn on Claude from Add-ins on the Home tab and log in to start using it right away. No separate program installation is needed.
Note
Note: If your organization blocks the Office Store, check the official documentation for how to deploy the add-in with a manifest file.

Installation steps and requirements follow the official documentation. Claude for PowerPoint official docs ↗ · Claude official pricing ↗

HONEST

Where Claude in PPT falls short

We don’t just list the positives. Here is what fell short when we used it.

  • Korean line breaks can look awkward

    Korean text placed in text boxes sized for English can break lines in odd places or overflow. You still need to adjust sentence length after receiving the slides.

  • Large slide counts take longer

    Asking for many slides at once means a longer wait, and the flow sometimes breaks partway through. Handing off three or four slides at a time works more smoothly.

  • The interface is in English

    Menus and prompts are mostly in English, so if you have only used PowerPoint, it takes time to learn which button does what. Korean-language tutorials are still scarce.

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FAQ

The add-in is free to install, but you need a paid Claude account to use it. According to the official docs, it’s available on the Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans, with no separate charge for the add-in.
Yes. Give instructions in Korean and it builds Korean slides. Part of the add-in name and installation steps appear in English, though, so you will pass through an English screen once during first-time setup.
Admins can deploy it to the organization through the Microsoft 365 admin center. However, official documentation states that custom retention settings are not inherited and audit logs are not included, so define the scope first for decks that contain client materials.

Last updated 22 Sep 2026 · The ratings on this page come from John Kim, CEO of Nanum Consulting, who has used these tools firsthand in training and real work.

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