Claude Can Now Edit And Create Files, Including Excel Spreadsheets

Anthropic has begun rolling retired a small but important update to Claude. Starting coming you tin usage nan chatbot to create and edit Excel spreadsheets, documents, PowerPoint descent decks and PDFs. In nan past, Claude offered rudimentary record support, but now you tin interact pinch immoderate documents you request to modify straight done nan chatbot. The caller functionality is portion of a characteristic preview you tin effort retired arsenic agelong arsenic you person a Max, Team aliases Education subscription. Sorry, Pro and free users, you'll person to wait. The preview will rotation retired to Pro subscribers "in nan coming weeks," pinch nary timeline yet for erstwhile free users tin expect access.

"We've fixed Claude entree to a backstage machine situation wherever it tin constitute codification and tally programs to nutrient nan files and analyses you need. This transforms Claude from an advisor into an progressive collaborator. You bring nan discourse and strategy; Claude handles nan method implementation down nan scenes," says Anthropic of really it built nan feature. "This shows wherever we’re headed: making blase multi-step activity accessible done conversation. As these capabilities expand, nan spread betwixt thought and execution will support shrinking."

To cheque retired nan preview, toggle "Upgraded record creation and analysis" successful nan settings menu, which you tin find by first selecting "Features" and past "Experimental." You tin past upload aliases picture nan record you'd for illustration Claude to create aliases edit for you, and download Claude's creation erstwhile you're happy pinch nan result.