command create

create

Create a blank Office document.

Synopsis

officecli create <file> [--type <type>]

Description

Creates a new blank Office document at the specified path. The document type is inferred from the file extension, or can be explicitly specified with --type. If the file has no extension but --type is provided, the appropriate extension is appended automatically.

The created document contains the minimal required structure:

• DOCX: Document with an empty body. Stamps compatibilityMode=15 and Word-2013+ companion compatSettings so the file does not open in Mac Word's Compatibility Mode. Honors the --locale flag for themeFontLang; if --locale is absent, falls back to the OS culture. Locales starting with ar/he/fa/ur auto-enable RTL (sets docDefaults direction + section bidi).
• XLSX: Workbook with one sheet ("Sheet1") containing empty sheet data
• PPTX: Presentation with a slide master, theme, and 4 slide layouts

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
file	string	Yes	-	Output file path (.docx, .xlsx, or .pptx)

Options

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
--type	string	No	inferred from extension	Document type: docx, xlsx, or pptx
--minimal	bool	No	false	Emit raw OOXML scaffolding only — no theme, no default style table, no layouts. Useful when about to replay a full dump over the result. (docx)
--locale	BCP-47 tag	No	OS culture	Document locale stamped on themeFontLang. Auto-enables RTL for ar*/he*/fa*/ur* locales. (docx)
--json	bool	No	false	Output result as JSON envelope

Examples

# Create a blank Word document
officecli create report.docx

# Create a blank Excel spreadsheet
officecli create data.xlsx

# Create a blank PowerPoint presentation
officecli create slides.pptx

# Create with explicit type (extension appended automatically)
officecli create report --type docx

Notes

• If the file is currently held by a resident process (via open), the command will fail. You must close the file first.
• The file will be overwritten if it already exists.
• Creating a .pptx outputs slideWidth and slideHeight in the console.

See Also

• Command Reference
• open / close

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Based on OfficeCLI v1.0.97