Install the add-ins
Open Settings, Apps and extensions, download the Office add-ins, register the catalog for Windows or macOS, and enable Oppermind in Office.
✦ Tutorial · Beginner
Use Oppermind in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Install the Microsoft Office add-ins and use Lato inside the live document, workbook, or presentation you are already editing.
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You will complete a focused edit inside an open Office file and review the result in its native application.
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4 min
Open the task pane
In Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, open the Home tab and the Oppermind ribbon button, then sign in with the same account.
Work with a Word selection
Select the relevant passage and ask Lato for a specific edit that preserves the rest of the live document.
Work with an Excel selection
Select the relevant range and describe the analysis, explanation, cleanup, or change required in the open workbook.
Build and refine PowerPoint slides
Create or revise genuine slide layouts, positioned content, and relevant images, then inspect every slide in PowerPoint.
Interrupt, redirect, and review
Stop or redirect a reply while it is running, then check text, data, formulas, layouts, speaker intent, and file behavior before saving.
What each lesson covers
The tutorial, lesson by lesson.
Install the add-ins
Open Settings, Apps and extensions, download the Office add-ins, register the catalog for Windows or macOS, and enable Oppermind in Office.
Click your avatar at the bottom-left, open Settings, then Apps and extensions, and download the Office add-ins package. Run the included Windows or macOS script to register the catalog, restart Word, and enable Oppermind from the add-ins controls.
Open the task pane
In Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, open the Home tab and the Oppermind ribbon button, then sign in with the same account.
In Excel, open the Home tab, click the Oppermind ribbon button and sign in with the same account you use on the web. Then type in the pane: What can you see in this workbook right now?
Work with a Word selection
Select the relevant passage and ask Lato for a specific edit that preserves the rest of the live document.
In Word, select only the Scope of Works section of the tender response, then type in the task pane: Rewrite this section in plain English at about half the length. Keep every deliverable and date exactly as they are and leave the rest of the document alone.
Work with an Excel selection
Select the relevant range and describe the analysis, explanation, cleanup, or change required in the open workbook.
In Excel, select A1:H240 on the expense-claims sheet, then type in the task pane: Flag every row where the amount is over 500 dollars and the receipt column is blank. Add a Flag column at the right with Yes or No and tell me how many you found.
Build and refine PowerPoint slides
Create or revise genuine slide layouts, positioned content, and relevant images, then inspect every slide in PowerPoint.
In PowerPoint, open the task pane and type: Build a six-slide deck introducing our apprentice program to school careers advisers: title, why it matters, the three pathways, a timeline, a photo-led slide of our workshop, and next steps.
Interrupt, redirect, and review
Stop or redirect a reply while it is running, then check text, data, formulas, layouts, speaker intent, and file behavior before saving.
While the pane is still writing the quarterly commentary into the Word report, stop it and type: Use the figures from the Q4 table on page 2, not Q3, and write it for the board rather than the finance team.
Keep going
Make the learning stick
Start with one real piece of work.
Open Oppermind beside the lesson, apply each step, and leave with something you can use.