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When I start a new document from a template I would like to se a
thumbnail-example. How do I do that ? There are thumbnails of all predifined templates, but non of the templates I have made myself. |
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I can tell you how, but I also advise against it.
1. To get a thumbnail (preview), open File | Properties in the template and check the box for "Save preview picture" on the Summary tab; resave the template. 2. There are several reasons that this isn't necessarily a good idea. a. Empty templates won't display anything except the shape of the page. Templates containing text will be unreadable unless the text is very large, though the general layout of the text will be visible. b. Adding a preview adds unreasonably to the file size. This may not be an issue with the template itself, but it is with all the documents based on it. When you create a document based on a template with a preview, the document also has a preview unless you clear the check box. Even if you have "Prompt for document properties" enabled, you still have to remember to do this every time you create a new document. c. Quite aside from the excessive file size, document previews are not really helpful. You can try this experiment yourself. Save the same document with and without a preview, then view them both in the Preview view in File | Open. The one with a preview shows a tiny thumbnail that in most cases is not very helpful. The one without a preview gives you a scrollable window into the document content so that you can actually see what the document contains. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jan" wrote in message ... When I start a new document from a template I would like to se a thumbnail-example. How do I do that ? There are thumbnails of all predifined templates, but non of the templates I have made myself. |
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