Multilo can now make and change real Office and PDF files for you. Ask in the chat and the result is an actual .pptx, .xlsx, .docx or .pdf file in your project, not text pasted into a box or a text file renamed to look like one.
What you can ask for
- PowerPoint. Turn this paper into a 10-slide deck for my lab meeting, make slides for my defense, or work on an existing deck: fix a typo, change a slide, reorder or remove slides, or pull out its text, tables and speaker notes.
- Excel. Put these results in a spreadsheet, build a table from your data, or read an existing workbook sheet by sheet.
- PDF. Create or export a PDF, merge several, split one, extract pages 3–5, rotate pages, fill in a PDF form, or pull the tables out of one.
- Word. Converting between Word and Markdown now keeps Zotero and Mendeley citation fields in both directions, along with comments and figures, so a manuscript can make the round trip without losing its live citations. Multilo can also add comments anchored to exact text, reply to comments, and accept all tracked changes.
Files that open cleanly in Office
Every Office file Multilo produces is checked against the official Office Open XML schemas, including Microsoft's own extensions, before it's handed back. That's the difference between a file that opens in PowerPoint and one that greets you with a repair prompt.
How to use it
Ask in the chat with your project open. The first time, Multilo sets up its own Python environment, and it asks before downloading anything. A few steps, such as recalculating spreadsheet formulas, use LibreOffice if you have it installed.
Why it matters
Research doesn't end in Markdown. Supervisors want Word, committees want slides, grant offices want PDFs, and your data lives in spreadsheets. The assistant that helps you write can now deliver the work in the format someone else is waiting for.