Unified messaging platform for displaying attached content in-line with e-mail messages

A method comprising:

• receiving a message comprising a message body and an attachment, the attachment including a first portion and a second portion of content;
• extracting only the first portion of content from the attachment as extracted data;
• displaying the extracted data in the message body of the message to display the first portion of the content while not displaying the second portion of the content in the message body of the message:
• receiving, within the message body, an edit to the extracted data displayed in the message body;
• and
• synchronizing the edited extracted data with the first portion of content in the attachment.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed configured hardware processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a message comprising a message body and an attachment, the attachment including a first portion and a second portion of content;
• extracting only the first portion of content from the attachment as extracted data;
• displaying the extracted data in the message body of the message to display the first portion of the content while not displaying the second portion of the content in the message body of the message;
• receiving, within the message body, an edit to the extracted data displayed in the message body;
• and
• synchronizing the edited extracted data the first portion of content in the attachment.