How to display Office docs in preview pane


  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
       #1

    How to display Office docs in preview pane


    Hi,
    I'm not sure if this is the appropriate forum, so I apologize if it's not.

    I just installed Windows 7 and have been unable to preview any Office 2003 documents in the Explorer preview pane. This includes doc and excel files. The preview pane just says "No preview available."

    I can view gif, txt, xml, pdf, html, etc. In general, Office is working, i.e. I can create and edit Office documents.

    On a related note, I would also like to be able to javascript files which are just plain text, but I'm not sure how to do that.

    Thanks,
    Mitchell
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  2. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #2

    Right click on the icon, click on send to, and see what choices are available.
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  3. Posts : 5
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    If I right click on a Word doc file, the Send To gives me the choices:

    Compressed Folder
    Desktop
    Documents
    Fax recipient
    Mail recipient
    Notepad++
    WinSCP
    DVD RW Drive D:
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  4. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 64 bit
       #4

    MS Word 2002


    In MS Word 2002 with the 2007 compatibility pack, the preview pane will work for files saved in rich text format (.rtf).
    Thanks, Randy



    Link to compatibility pack
    Download details: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats
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