Word Documents (DOCX)
Create, edit and review Word files with tracked changes, comments and real formatting.
Official Anthropicby AnthropicChecked October 18, 2026
Anthropic's official skill for producing and modifying Microsoft Word files, from a one-page memo to a long report with a table of contents. It works on the underlying document structure, so edits keep the original formatting and can be recorded as tracked changes.
Who it is for
- Office workers
- Consultants
- Legal and HR teams
- Students
Prompts to try
Once the skill is installed, ask for the result in plain words. Claude picks the skill up on its own.
Turn these meeting notes into a formatted Word report with a table of contentsEdit contract.docx to change the payment terms to 30 days and keep my edits as tracked changesRead proposal.docx and add comments wherever the pricing is unclearHow to install it
In Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills/plugin install document-skills@anthropic-agent-skills
In Claude.ai
Built into Claude.ai for all plans: turn on Code execution and file creation in Settings > Capabilities and Claude uses it automatically.
Good to know
Ships together with the xlsx, pptx and pdf skills in the document-skills plugin.
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How we checked it
Confirmed SKILL.md at skills/docx/SKILL.md in anthropics/skills via the GitHub API; skill folder last changed 2026-07-17, repo has 181,779 stars and was pushed 2026-10-09; the skill folder carries Anthropic's source-available license file.