Sharon F

On Thu, 31 May 2007 03:39:00 -0700, BBA wrote:

> I am using Vista Ultimate. I am unable to preview any office document (Word,
> Excel, Powerpoint 2003 or 2007) in the preview pane. I have the preview pane
> opened from organize->layout->Previewpane. I have also checked on the "show
> preview handlers" under the folder properties. Can anybody help?

Office 2003 installed here. I'm not seeing previews of Office documents in
the preview or details pane. IIRC, previews for recent versions of Office
were available in XP until SP2. Again, if I remember correctly, "security"
was the reason for it being removed. Example: someone glancing over your
shoulder would see contents of unopened and possibly confidential files.
They still remain "gone" in XP SP2+.

I don't recall previews ever returning in Vista for 2003 documents (maybe
briefly during the beta but gone by final release). I can't comment on 2007
previews one way or the other as I haven't used that version yet.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User