View PowerPoint attachments in Gmail and upload them to Google Docs

If you're an active Gmail user, you probably know that you can open Microsoft Word and Excel attachments from within Gmail and import them to Google Docs. Gmail also provided a basic View as slideshow option for PowerPoint attachments.

Today we're improving this feature by making it easier for you to upload presentations from Gmail and edit them in Google Docs. When you receive a PowerPoint attachment, simply click the View option to open and preview the presentation in a new online viewer, powered by Google Docs. If you'd like to save the presentation to Google Docs, just click Edit Online and it'll be imported into Google Docs.

To read more about this new viewer, check out the Gmail blog.

Posted by: Stephen Drennan, Google Docs Consumer Operations