Gmail now allows you to edit attached documents directly in the mail
Google has made it easier to work with Microsoft Office files. Now Word, PowerPoint and Excel documents attached to emails can be edited directly in Gmail. Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) cloud office already has compatibility with Microsoft Office suite file formats. Previously, however, email attachments could only be viewed – to make edits, the files had to be imported into Google Drive first.
According to the resource The Verge, now Gmail allows you to open and work with Microsoft Office documents directly – as with any other text file, spreadsheet or presentation in Google Docs. There is no conversion. After editing, the document is saved in its original format and is not converted to Google Docs format. It is also reported that a new Macro Converter plugin has been released for Google Workspace. It is designed to easily transfer macros from Excel files to Google Sheets.
It is indicated that at the moment Google is improving the function of working with documents and images in a vertical and horizontal orientation, and also plans to introduce the ability to place images behind text and watermarks. True, the latter feature will not appear until next year.
