The file formats that can be previewed or edited directly from Gmail increased a lot in the last few months, so you can't stop wondering if this is the base for an online hard drive that stores all your files and lets you edit them without having to install desktop clients.
Here's a list of the most important file formats handled by Gmail (simplified view usually means "view as HTML"):
| Formats | Simplified view | Full view | Edit |
| .txt | | x | |
| .rtf | x | x | x |
| .html | x | | |
| .doc | x | x | x |
| .odt (Open Office Document) | | x | x |
| .sxw / .sdw (Star Office Document) | x | x | x |
| .xls | x | x | x |
| .sxc / .sdc (Star Office Spreadsheet) | x | | |
| .ppt | x | x | |
| .sxi / .sdd (Star Office Presentation) | x | | |
| .pdf | x | | |
| .mp3 | | x | |
| .bmp/ .gif/ .png/ .jpg/ | | x | |
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ReplyDeleteCool overview table.
ReplyDeleteThe "view as HTML" option is sometimes useless, though... my graphic-heavy PowerPoint was reduced to text only, and lost its message.
A great feature could be searching through the attachments, such as Powerpoint files, spreadsheets, pdfs....
ReplyDeleteIt's annyoing when you try to view a spreadsheet with google cache or in html view as it only gives you the first worksheet. Other than that I think it is great.
ReplyDeleteDanny.
I'd be curious of what people think about DocuFarm. It lets you search documents that you open, highlighting the keywords.
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