Read Microsoft word documents right from Gmail with Google Docs Viewer

If you are a Gmail user, this might be a good news for you. Now you can read Microsoft Office documents (doc, docx), received as attachment, right from your Gmail just with a click.

That means, to read office documents received via your Gmail, no need to download, save and open it with Microsoft Word. Just click the ‘view’ button shown near the attachment, it will open in Google Docs Viewer.

You can also edit the document by clicking edit online button. Your document will be opened in Google Docs for editing. [via]