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Secrets of the Office Masters: Details, Details
No Preview in Common Dialog Boxes
I selected Preview from the drop-down menu of views in an Office common dialog box, but when I
click a file in the pane on the left, Windows displays the words
Preview not available instead of
showing my file.
The preview pane shows a static snapshot of the document as it existed the last time you
saved it. By default, this option is not selected because it tends to add roughly 60KB to every
file that you create. To make this preview picture available, you must choose File, Properties
and check the Save Preview Picture box on the Summary tab. You can do this at any time ...