The newly added Gmail Labs gadget ‘Create a document’ makes it possible to turn an email into doc file in just one click.
Enable this feature in Settings – Labs – Create a Document ( Bonus: to avoid scrolling down to location this gadget, press Ctrl+F in your browser, and search for text ‘Create a Document‘ on Labs page ;D). Remember Save Changes, and a link used to create document will be added on top right next to your email body.
I tried to create a plain text email and a email with many images, the result is impressive – fast and well formatted.
The number of Gmail Labs’ gadgets gets grown very fast recently, you may want to check these gadgets as well:
Send SMS text messages right from Gmail
Tasks in Gmail
Calendar & Docs gadgets