Last updated: Jan 20, 2026, 08:25 AM UTC

Microsoft Office Editing

Edit Office documents directly through Sasha. Make changes to Word documents with tracked revisions, update Excel spreadsheets, refresh PowerPoint presentations, and annotate PDFs.

What You Can Do

  • Word Documents

    • Edit text with tracked changes
    • Apply formatting and styles
    • Insert and update content
    • Accept or reject revisions
  • Excel Spreadsheets

    • Update cell values and formulas
    • Modify data ranges
    • Adjust formatting
  • PowerPoint Presentations

    • Update slide content
    • Modify text and layouts
    • Refresh data-driven slides
  • PDF Documents

    • Add annotations and comments
    • Highlight and markup
    • Extract and summarize content

Prerequisites

  • DocSidecar service enabled (included in enterprise deployments)
  • Files accessible via connected cloud storage or local upload

Setup

  1. Navigate to Settings → Tools → MS Office & PDF Editing
  2. Verify the service status shows "Connected"
  3. No additional configuration required

The integration is enabled by default in enterprise deployments.

Example Uses

"Update the executive summary in this Word document to reflect Q4 results"

"Change all instances of 'Acme Corp' to 'Acme Corporation' with track changes"

"Add a new row to the sales data in this spreadsheet"

"Update the revenue figures on slide 3 of this presentation"

"Highlight all mentions of 'risk' in this PDF contract"

How It Works

  1. Upload or reference a document
  2. Describe the changes you want
  3. Sasha applies edits and returns the modified file
  4. For Word documents, changes appear as tracked revisions

Supported Formats

Format Read Write
.docx Yes Yes (with track changes)
.xlsx Yes Yes
.pptx Yes Yes
.pdf Yes Annotations only
.doc (legacy) Yes Convert to .docx
.xls (legacy) Yes Convert to .xlsx

Security Notes

  • Documents are processed in your Sasha instance
  • Files are not sent to external services
  • Edited documents are available for download immediately
  • Original files are preserved

Learn More

  • Contact your administrator for enterprise deployment details