Thumbnails of .DOC files?

XP pro SP2


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
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So, what version of Windows are you using?

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After furious head scratching, John Jay Smith asked:

| Yes of course... I am an advanced computer user....
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| "ANONYMOUS" wrote in message
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|| Have you tried clicking on the last icon (called views) in Windows
|| Explorer and selecting thumbnails from drop down list? This icon is
|| exactly next to folders button/icon and it should have an small arrow
|| next to it.
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|| hth
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|| John Jay Smith wrote:
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||| I tried it before I posted... and it doesnt work...
||| unless there is something I am doing wrong!
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||| "Gyorgy Moldova [MCSE+I, MVP]" wrote in message
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|||| checked the steps, you can try it.
|||| "John Jay Smith" - wrote in message
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||||| I found this http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=838877
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||||| does this apply to windows xp???
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||||| "John Jay Smith" - wrote in message
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|||||| I seem to remember that some version of OFFICE enabled
|||||| thumbnail view of .DOC, .XLS, .PTT files inside
|||||| windows explorer. However I cannot find this function anywhere.
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|||||| Is this correct or am I imagining things???
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|||||| Is it possible to do this with OFFICE 2003?
|||||| And if not directly though Office, perhaps a patch or
|||||| program?
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|||||| THANKS

I can recall this working by default on an older machine...I think it used
office XP though. It had no need to select any option.. Windows explorer
could generate thumbnails from doc and xls on the fly. Anyway this is stated
on the MS site about windows2000 and office 2003.

This SHOULD work for XP, but how?


"ANONYMOUS" wrote in message
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Well in that case you can save preview picture of your document. For
example, in word you can go to:

File, Properties

In Summary tab there is a check box to enable "Save preview picture"

hth


John Jay Smith wrote:

Yes of course... I am an advanced computer user....

"ANONYMOUS" wrote in message
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Have you tried clicking on the last icon (called views) in Windows
Explorer and selecting thumbnails from drop down list? This icon is
exactly next to folders button/icon and it should have an small arrow
next to it.

hth


John Jay Smith wrote:

I tried it before I posted... and it doesnt work...
unless there is something I am doing wrong!

"Gyorgy Moldova [MCSE+I, MVP]" wrote in message
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checked the steps, you can try it.
"John Jay Smith" - wrote in message
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I found this http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=838877

does this apply to windows xp???


"John Jay Smith" - wrote in message
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I seem to remember that some version of OFFICE enabled
thumbnail view of .DOC, .XLS, .PTT files inside
windows explorer. However I cannot find this function anywhere.

Is this correct or am I imagining things???

Is it possible to do this with OFFICE 2003?
And if not directly though Office, perhaps a patch or
program?

THANKS

no this was not the case.

Anyway thanks...

"Og" wrote in message
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Now I remember: It was called "Quick View".
The retail version was called "Quick View Plus".

Once I remembered the correct name, I discovered that it is available
again from another software house:
http://www.avantstar.com/Products/Qu...ewPlusOverview

Steve


"John Jay Smith" - wrote in message
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I seem to remember that some version of OFFICE enabled
thumbnail view of .DOC, .XLS, .PTT files inside
windows explorer. However I cannot find this function anywhere.

Is this correct or am I imagining things???

Is it possible to do this with OFFICE 2003?
And if not directly though Office, perhaps a patch or
program?

THANKS

Hi John,

Windows XP will display the document thumbnails if in Word having the
setting in File=Properties to 'Save Preview Picture' is turned on. It was
turned *off* as the default for Office 2003 as it both increases the
document size and can be, for some, a privacy issue.

You can use File=Open and choose the 'preview' view as a workaround if you
don't want to enable saving the picture in the documents.

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"John Jay Smith" - wrote in message
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I can recall this working by default on an older machine...I think it used
office XP though. It had no need to select any option.. Windows explorer
could generate thumbnails from doc and xls on the fly. Anyway this is stated
on the MS site about windows2000 and office 2003.

This SHOULD work for XP, but how?
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Bob Buckland ?:-)
Microsoft MVP, Office Products