Tag: word
Gmail Now Lets You View Word Docs in Your Browser
by Ranju Chaudhary on Jun.26, 2010, under Latest Web Technologies, What's Happening?
Gmail now supports the ability to view Microsoft Word documents in your browser with a single click. The Google Docs viewer that handles the new duties already provides one-click viewing of PDF, Powerpoint and TIFF files.
The Word Doc viewing functionality works the same way as it does for the other supported file formats; simply click the “View” link at the bottom of a Gmail
message with a Word doc attached to see the file displayed in your browser, without having to open a separate application. From there you can also download the document to your desktop or click “Edit online” to go straight into edit mode in Google Docs
.
It’s a small update with big productivity implications for those who use and share Word docs frequently. What other file formats should Gmail support with one-click viewing?
Docs Lets You Create and Share Microsoft Office Docs via Facebook
by neetika on Apr.22, 2010, under Latest Web Technologies
Microsoft and Facebook just launched Docs.com, a document creation and sharing web site that integrates with Microsoft Office and Facebook.
You log into Docs using your Facebook account. Once there, you can view shared documents. The service is currently in a fairly early beta stage, meaning you’ll have to sign up for their waiting list before you can upload or create your own documents. Because of that, there’s not much to the service now, but it’s clearly a push toward competing with Google Docs.
Think you’d ever do your online word processing with a Facebook/Microsoft combination? Share your thoughts in the comments.
