# Perplexity's assistant now runs inside Microsoft Office apps

By Steven Van · 2026-06-06

A side panel in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook lets Perplexity Computer orchestrate tasks across those apps.

**Perplexity** Computer now runs inside Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook, orchestrating tasks from a side panel across those apps.

Read the [announcement](<https://x.com/i/status/2060013442720010598>) or visit the [Perplexity](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/perplexity>) page for more.

[View media](<https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2060013347580567552/vid/avc1/1280x720/St8bm8XMZuhR5PzT.mp4?tag=14>)

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Perplexity

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[View Perplexity →](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/perplexity>)

[Read Perplexity's assistant now runs inside Microsoft Office apps on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/perplexity-microsoft-office-integration>)

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