Is there a way to automatically turn on view preview picture as s.

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I like to scan the first page of a file to help determine whether it is the
file I am looking for in my various directories. However I have to manually
edit the properties to check the box Preview picture each time I would like
to change the default, and am suspecting it need to be done using the
normal.dot template but cannot make that change although I have tried...
 
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I like to scan the first page of a file to help determine whether it is the
file I am looking for in my various directories. However I have to manually
edit the properties to check the box Preview picture each time I would like
to change the default, and am suspecting it need to be done using the
normal.dot template but cannot make that change although I have tried...
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Some versions of Word/Office remember the last setting you used in the
File/Open dialog box. Others (older ones) do not. And some versions won't if
you have addins installed that interfere with how Word works, internally.

Sometimes, you can use a macro to force the view. But what the macro contains
is version-specific, and you haven't told us which one you have.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Cindy M -WordMVP- said:
Hi =?Utf-8?B?UkogaW4gU0UgTWljaGlnYW4=?=,

Some versions of Word/Office remember the last setting you used in the
File/Open dialog box. Others (older ones) do not. And some versions won't if
you have addins installed that interfere with how Word works, internally.

Sometimes, you can use a macro to force the view. But what the macro contains
is version-specific, and you haven't told us which one you have.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)


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First, thank you for the reply.
The version of Office is 2002, I have the same problem at work or home and
am not running any add-ons.
Is this setting available as a default in Office 2003?
Sincerely, RJ
 
I believe this question has to do with saving a preview picture with the
document. Although the OP is correct in assuming that this is a change that
needs to be made in the template, it is a very bad idea to do so, as it
dramatically increases the size of *every* document based on the template
and doesn't really add any utility. The Preview view in File Open actually
provides a much more usable preview if you *don't* save a preview picture
with the document.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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