docx & pptx skills

Build-along · ~10 min at your own keyboard

Claude Code can produce actual .docx and .pptx files — formatted, styled, openable in Word and PowerPoint — using its document skills or a small script. The output IS the deliverable, which turns 'draft me something' into 'hand me the finished file.' You'll make one of each.

The long version: Word and PowerPoint files ↗

Mac: Mac: open the file in Word or Pages. Pages may shift formatting, so judge it in Word if you have it.

Windows: Windows: open the file in Word. If it opens in Protected View, click Enable Editing to see the real formatting.

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Checkpoints

▸You should now see a .docx file saved in your folder.
▸You should now see real headings, a table and spacing when you open it in Word.
▸You should now see your structural revision present in the new file.
▸You should now see a .pptx that opens with every slide's content fitting on the slide.

The three ways this goes wrong

The file opens with raw asterisks and hash marks. — It was written as markdown. Ask for a real .docx with Word styles.
The revision shows up as a new paragraph at the bottom. — Say where it goes: 'put the summary table on page 1, above the first heading'.
Fonts or margins are wrong. — State the font, size and margins in the first request and ask for a rebuild.

Share what happened

Paste what you asked for, what the opened .docx looked like, the revision result, and what the .pptx looked like when opened (slide count, anything that ran off a slide).

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