Gmail will display Microsoft Word documents from your browser
Google Docs service manager of Google Gmail e-mails will allow to share and view files in the cloud of this company. Gmail has taken a further step towards integration with Office Suite software company Microsoft.
As a new feature, Gmail users can view attachments and formatted text Docsx and Doc directly from the web browser, without Microsoft Word.
What’s more, Gmail users can also edit their documents online with Google Docs, print or download to their computer’s hard disk. Until now, it was only possible to view PDF files (Adobe System company), PPT (Microsoft PowerPoint) and Tiff (Tagged Image File).
This service was designed to compete with others such as Hotmail (it has just added some changes and improvements) and Yahoo! Mail.
The benefits to Gmail users is notable, especially because you can edit files created with the Word application without the necessity to have Microsoft Office suite installed on your PC.
Anyway, the current dispute between Office and Google Docs is known by everyone. While Office has just released the 2000 version and it has more and more users, Google Docs is stronger because it is a free service, this characteristic gives opportunity to compete.
