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Get down to the details with Claude for Word

Claude works inside your Word document instead of a separate window. Select text, describe the update, and review it as a tracked change.

Claude for Word on desktop

Work through your comments

Leave comments where you want changes. Claude reads them, edits the anchored text as a tracked change, and replies to the thread with updates.

Draft in your template

Open your template and describe what you need. Claude writes in your heading and bullet styles, with citations back to source documents you upload.

Check for consistency

Claude flags inconsistent defined terms, broken cross-references, and numbering errors across the full document. Fixes can be tracked for your review.

Rewrite what you select

Highlight a paragraph and tell Claude to tighten it, shift the tone, or cut passive voice. Only the selection changes, styles and numbering stay intact.

Turn workflows in Word into skills

When your team gets a workflow right for a contract review, status memo, or research brief, save it as a skill. Skills package you specific workflows so anyone on your team can run them and get the same quality result.

A continuous conversation for all your work

Claude can pass context across Word, PowerPoint, and Excel add-ins in one conversation.

Claude's changes appear as native Word tracked changes. Accept or reject each one in Word's review pane.

Claude inherits your heading styles, numbering schemes, and defined terms. Edit one section without disturbing the rest.

Sign in with a Claude account, or connect through your existing cloud provider. Works within your existing compliance framework.

Help me soften the indemnification clause and make it mutual.

Draft a Thesis section, three points, using numbers from the attached 10-K.

What did the other side change in section 4, and are any of these dealbreakers?

Claude for Word is in beta for Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plan customers.

Claude for Word works within your existing security framework. Claude can make mistakes, so always review tracked changes before accepting, especially for client-facing documents.

Yes. Claude reads your heading styles, numbering schemes, bullet formatting, and defined terms. Edits stay within the formatting of your existing document.

Claude for Word works with .docx and .docm files. If you have a .doc, .rtf, or other legacy format, save it as .docx first (File → Save As → Word Document) and the add-in will appear.

Claude reads each comment, edits the anchored text as a tracked change, and replies in the thread with what it changed.