Google added a useful new feature to its Gemini AI recently: the ability to create Microsoft Office documents directly using prompts.
While Gemini could create tables and such already, you had to copy the information manually up until now into a Microsoft Office file, if Microsoft Office is your Office suite of choice.
This changes with the most recent update. Now, you can ask Gemini to create Microsoft Office documents directly and the process could not be simpler.
Just add “export the table to Excel format” or “export the text to Word format” to your prompt to do so. Gemini will then show an attachment at the top that is in the right format and contains the information that you requested.
For instance, I used the following prompt to get Gemini to compare the classic Steam Controller to the new gamepad that Valve plans to release in a few days:
Compare the old and new Steam Controller. Create a table. Export that table to Excel format
Gemini displayed the Excel spreadsheet at the top and below that it listed the information that I requested.
All you need to do is click on the attached file to display it right away. This opens options to print it or save it to the local system.
Interestingly enough, the information that Gemini presents to you directly may be different from the information that you requested to be put into the Office document. I guess you can use the instructions to make them identical though, which would be useful to make sure that the Office document has the right information.