The Brightwave Office Add-in brings AI-powered research and editing into Microsoft 365. Chat with Brightwave in a taskpane inside Excel, Word, or PowerPoint, and the agent can read your open document and make edits directly — no copy-pasting between apps.
Office add-ins are currently in research preview. We encourage you to push them to their limits and let us know what you think.
Getting started
Install the add-in from the Downloads menu in your Brightwave user menu, or open Brightwave in Microsoft AppSource. Once installed, open the Brightwave taskpane from the ribbon in any supported Office app.
The add-in requires a Brightwave account and an active internet connection.
How it works
The add-in opens a chat panel inside your Office app. When you send a message, Brightwave's agent can see the contents of your open document and execute edits through Office's native APIs. Edits happen live — you see changes appear in your document as the agent works.
Ask the agent to analyze data in your spreadsheet, draft content in a Word document, or build slides in a presentation. The agent has full context from your Brightwave project's data room, so it can pull research findings directly into your Office documents.
Excel
The agent can read and write to your spreadsheets:
- Read and write cells — inspect ranges, write values, and copy data between ranges
- Sheets — create and rename worksheets
- Formatting — sort, filter, and format cell ranges
- Named ranges — create and manage named ranges for structured references
- Tables and charts — insert Excel tables and charts from your data
- Append rows — add data to the end of existing ranges
Word
The agent can draft and edit Word documents:
- Read and navigate — find text, inspect selections, and scan document structure
- Write content — insert text, replace paragraphs, and add headings
- Formatting — apply paragraph formatting and styles
- Structure — insert page breaks and tables
PowerPoint
The agent can build and edit presentations:
- Slides — create, duplicate, reorder, and delete slides
- Content — edit titles, text boxes, and add images
- Shapes — insert and format shapes, lines, and native tables
- Layout — move, resize, and format slide elements
- Batch edits — execute multiple changes in a single operation for complex slide updates