# Microsoft Office formats: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/microsoft-office-formats

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Course authoring tools](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/learning/course-authoring-tools/index.md) | 0% | 105 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Avoid tools that use closed, proprietary formats... Microsoft Office formats (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX) - These are controlled by Microsoft and may not remain accessible" (MiniMax M2.5, Course authoring tools)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Microsoft Office formats, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- academic.oup.com: 1
- apsacademy.gov.au: 1
- blog.documentfoundation.org: 1
- commlabindia.com: 1
- consumerfed.org: 1
- easygenerator.com: 1
- elearningindustry.com: 1
- heise.de: 1
- ispringsolutions.com: 1
- laptopmag.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://academic.oup.com/pages/for-authors/books/author-use-of-artificial-intelligence: 1
- https://apsacademy.gov.au/learning-experiences/resources/authoring-tools: 1
- https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/17/microsofts-main-tool-for-lock-in: 1
- https://commlabindia.com/blog/authoring-tools-steps-choose-right-one: 1
- https://consumerfed.org/media/legacy/Cloud-report-2010.pdf: 1
- https://easygenerator.com/en/guides/elearning-software-authoring-tools: 1
- https://elearningindustry.com/directory/software-categories/elearning-authoring-tools: 1
- https://elearningindustry.com/directory/software-categories/elearning-authoring-tools/page/3: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.