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Dave Horne Dave Horne is offline
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Terry,

I've been using Vista since Feb and that was the first time I came across
that menu. Thanks!

This is certainly an improvement. Not to sound ungrateful, I still would
like to have a preview pane or a pop up that would show a smaller version of
the original doc much like jpg files.

Thank you! This new feature will make my job easier since I work with many
documents that look the same but have slight differences.

Have a great New Year! DH


"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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Open Windows Explorer (Winkey+E) at the folder (Documents?) and from the
ORGANIZE menu, select Layout, Preview Pane. When you hover over a
document, it will appear in the Preview Pane. It should work for Office,
Adobe PDF and other apps that have included the new feature for Vista.

Terry

"Dave Horne" wrote in message
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I do see the option for Thumbnails in Word but that only works in a
document that is already opened, correct?


"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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Dave

As Suzanne hints at: this is a function in Vista. You can even see a
preview in Windows Explorer, Preview Pane by hovering over a document.

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"Dave Horne" wrote in message
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Greg, thanks for that tip! I tried it and it works though not as well
as I would have liked - I still have to do all the extra work myself.

Thanks again, all the best, DH


"Greg Maxey" wrote in message
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Dave,

It exists if you go to the trouble to set the first view lines of the
document in the Document Property "Comments" field before you save it.



--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Dave Horne wrote:
First, I am not a 'new user' to Word but this seemed like the best
forum in which to post (from the list given to me through my
newsgroup reader).
It would be great if I could hover the mouse cursor over the document
in question and see a small version or just the first few lines of
the
document. As it now stands, I see just basic info re the document if
I hover the mouse over the file - Type, Size, Date, Pages.

Does this possibility exist? I can not imagine I am the first to
suggest this. Just passing this on. Thanks, DH