<p>One day, you'll receive a MicrosoftOffice file attachment in your Gmail inbox. As a Gmail or Google Apps user, youshould have no problem opening and editing most Office files. Files withcomplex formatting may present a challenge, although no more of a challengethan exchanging Office files between different versions of Office.</p><p>Office attachments display below email in Gmail. Edit with Google Apps</p><p>Google has made it easier than everto open and edit Excel files: move your cursor over the attachment and selectthe pencil icon. The file will open for editing in Google Sheets. That's right:you convert and open the file with one click. (Note the pencil icon in theimage above.)</p><p>You need three steps to open andedit Word or PowerPoint attachments:</p><p><a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/google-in-the-enterprise/view-and-edit-microsoft-office-file-attachments-received-in-gmail/">Keep reading...</a></p>