Export a Gmail message to Google Docs

by Brad Linder Dec 17th 2008

I use a lot of Google services on a day to day basis, including Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs. So I'm always excited when Google announces a new way to make these web apps play well together. Yesterday the company announced a new feature in Gmail Labs that adds a "create a document" link to your email menu.

When you open an email and click the document link, the message will be exported as a Google Document. From there you can edit it, share it, or download it as a Word, PDF, or RTF file.

In order to enable the feature, just click the Gmail Labs icon (it looks like a beaker and hangs out next to the settings link in the top right side of your Gmail homepage) and scroll down until you see the Create a Document option. Click enable and Gmail will reload with the feature enabled.

Tags: gmail, gmail-docs, google-docs

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jash Sayani said 10:49AM on 12-17-2008

Just the perfect missing feature !!
Now we can directly export important payment receipts to Docs !

Bryan Price said 5:58PM on 12-17-2008

I ain't allowed access to that little bit.

Yet.

And Google, you already know it's my birthday, so where is it?

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