Oct AI Office Tips

When making a PPT, unify the style first, then add a good Skill. The result can beat a purchased template, and low-cost models can handle it.

For a quarterly report, don't just have AI make the slides. You can also ask it to identify the three most worth-discussing decisions along with their pros and cons, then consider whether there's a more suitable format.

Put documents, spreadsheets and reports in one folder and batch-process them with Claude Code's headless mode, without building an Agent yourself.

If you subscribe to Microsoft 365, you can use Copilot in Word to call Opus 5.5 for writing, revising and handling long documents.

During meetings, just jot down a few keywords. Foresight fills in the notes locally by combining them with the meeting transcript, and it can also look up materials by project files and calendar.

Codex's “Spaces” can generate charts and images, directly edit Markdown, Word and PDF, and keep version history to prevent accidental deletion.

For data like order tables, you can bring finance, operations and web development Agents into a group chat to share context, and build profit and anomaly dashboards.

Job hunting can be broken down into steps: extracting keywords from job descriptions, tailoring the resume, and mock interviews. Have AI execute each step and iterate repeatedly.