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Skill

Word Documents

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Produce or edit a real .docx: a report, a letter, a template with proper headings and a table of contents. Word specifically, not PDF and not a spreadsheet.

Situations it fits

HR asks for the new-hire offer letter as a proper Word document with the company letterhead.
Word Documents. A letter, as a .docx, with letterhead - three separate triggers for the docx skill (letters, Word deliverables, letterheads). PDF would be the choice only if they wanted a locked, non-editable file.
Your professor wants the thesis summary "as a .docx I can leave comments on, not a PDF I can't edit."
Word Documents. Editable Word file with comments and tracked changes - docx handles exactly that collaboration layer. The professor ruled out PDF themselves; the skill choice was in the request.
I need an editable Microsoft Word file: a polished cover letter with proper styles and a table of contents that I can send to recruiters - not a PDF or slides.
Word Documents. The docx skill creates or edits real Word (.docx) files with proper heading styles and structural elements like a table of contents, which is exactly what's required for a recruiter-ready, editable letter. PPTX makes slides, PDF-focused tools work on PDFs rather than producing an editable Word document, and XLSX is for spreadsheets, so those don't match the need.
Your annual report needs a table of contents, numbered headings, page footers, and an appendix - and it must open cleanly in Microsoft Office.
Word Documents. Professional document structure - TOC, headings, page numbers - inside a file for Office is the docx skill's core. PDF is the export at the END; you author structure in Word format first.

8 scenarios in the bank answer to Word Documents. The rest are in the game.

Skills it gets confused with

These share a family with Word Documents, which is another way of saying they are the ones you might reach for by mistake.

Knowing what Word Documents does is the easy half. Telling it apart from the others under time pressure is the game.

Today's session

Word Documents is part of anthropics/skills. Licence: Anthropic-custom (LICENSE.txt). The description above was written for this game, not taken from the skill.