AI Workdeck

Office add-in

Use AI Workdeck directly inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Documents stay on your computer

The task pane talks to the AI Workdeck desktop application running on your own machine (127.0.0.1:5269 by default), so document content moves only between them. You can also point it at your firm’s own server or the official cloud — you choose in the add-in settings, and the add-in itself relays nothing.

Word

Read the full text or a selection, find and replace, rewrite as tracked changes, add comments, apply formatting and styles, footnotes and endnotes, headers and footers.

Excel

Read and write ranges, search, formatting and borders, insert or delete rows and columns, merge, sort, manage sheets, freeze panes, and set formulas.

PowerPoint

Read slides and shapes, replace text across slides, add or remove slides and shapes, insert text boxes and tables. Requires PowerPointApi 1.4.

Before you start

Install and launch the AI Workdeck desktop application first — the add-in connects to it, and nothing will connect while it is closed.

Desktop Office (Microsoft 365 or Office 2021 and later). Office on the web cannot reach a local application.

Paste an account key or device token once in the add-in settings; you will not be asked again.

Manifest URL (used in the steps below)

https://addin.aiworkdeck.com/manifest.xml

macOS

  1. 01Download the manifest above and save it as manifest.xml.
  2. 02In Finder press Shift+Command+G and go to ~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Word/Data/Documents/wef (create the folder if it does not exist). Excel and PowerPoint use the same path under com.microsoft.Excel and com.microsoft.Powerpoint.
  3. 03Copy manifest.xml into that folder.
  4. 04Quit Word completely, reopen it, and pick AI Workdeck under Insert - Add-ins - My Add-ins - Developer Add-ins.

Windows

  1. 01Create a folder (for example C:\addin-manifests) and save the manifest into it as manifest.xml.
  2. 02Right-click the folder - Properties - Sharing, share it with yourself, and note the network path (like \\machine-name\addin-manifests).
  3. 03In Word go to File - Options - Trust Center - Trust Center Settings - Trusted Add-in Catalogs, add the network path, tick "Show in Menu", confirm, and restart Word.
  4. 04Pick AI Workdeck under Insert - Get Add-ins - Shared Folder.

The add-in says it cannot reach the desktop application? Make sure it is running and unlocked — see the four-step guide