Full-featured Microsoft Office Support
This skill provides Microsoft Office file processing capabilities with a progressive introduction mechanism.
Supported Formats
- Excel (.xlsx, .xlsm, .csv, .tsv) - Spreadsheet creation, editing, data analysis
- PowerPoint (.pptx) - Presentation creation, editing, design
- PDF (.pdf) - Document extraction, merging, form filling
- Word (.docx) - Document creation, editing, track changes
Progressive Introduction
This skill uses an on-demand loading mechanism, where detailed documentation is only read when needed to avoid occupying initial tokens.
Context Efficiency
Traditional approach:
- All detailed content loaded into SKILL.md
- Estimated context: ~5000 tokens
This skill's approach:
- Metadata only: ~150 tokens
- Detailed documentation (on-demand): ~5k tokens
On-demand Loading Guide
When you need to process a specific format of Office file, read the corresponding detailed documentation:
bash
# Excel Processing
cat $SKILL_DIR/references/xlsx.md
# PowerPoint Processing
cat $SKILL_DIR/references/pptx.md
# PDF Processing
cat $SKILL_DIR/references/pdf.md
# Word Processing
cat $SKILL_DIR/references/docx.md
Note: Replace $SKILL_DIR with the actual discovered path of this skill directory.
Usage Patterns
When a user's request matches the capabilities of this skill:
Step 1: Identify the file type (Excel / PowerPoint / PDF / Word)
Step 2: Load the corresponding detailed documentation
bash
cd $SKILL_DIR
cat references/<type>.md
Step 3: Perform operations according to the guidance in the detailed documentation
Skill Source
This skill integrates official Anthropic skills:
- xlsx - Excel processing
- pptx - PowerPoint processing
- pdf - PDF processing
- docx - Word processing
This skill uses progressive disclosure to minimize initial context usage