Even after years of Microsoft Office 2007 release, most of the people are still using old version i.e. Microsoft Office 2003. Now the major problem arises when an Office 2007 user sends a file (.docx, .pptx, .xlsx) prepared in 2007 version but receiver is still on Office 2003 that does not support these latest file formats (.docx, .pptx, .xlsx).

There are many different ways to open these latest file formats in MS Office 2003. But here I’m going to tell you about how to view Office 2007 file formats when you receive them in your Gmail account.

When you search for .doc or any office 2003 files in Google, There comes a link “View as HTML” in search results. That let you view Office 2003 file formats as HTML. But there’s is no such feature for Office 2007 file formats.

But Gmail is there for you. Gmail has introduces a feature “View as HTML” for any Office 2007 file formats that let you view those files in you browser without any need for MS Office software.