Enable File Explorer Thumbnail Preview For Word, Excel

Step 1: Open Word, Excel, or PowerPoint application.

1. Step 2: Click the File menu and then click Info.
2. Step 3: Click Properties (refer to the picture below) and then click Advanced properties.
3. Step 4: Under the Summary tab, check the box labeled Save thumbnails for all Word/Excel documents option.

1. How do I enable the preview in Excel?
2. How do I Preview Excel files in Explorer?
3. How do I view thumbnails in Excel?
4. How do I view thumbnails in Word?
5. Why does my preview pane Say No preview available?
6. Can't preview .MSG files in Windows File Explorer?
7. How do I turn on preview in file explorer?
8. How do I turn on preview pane in File Explorer?
9. Why can't I preview files in Windows Explorer?
10. What is preview pane in Excel?
11. How do I get rid of the preview pane in Excel?
12. What does save thumbnail mean?

How do I enable the preview in Excel?

First, follow these steps to enable Preview Pictures:

1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. In the Ribbon at the top, click the View tab.
3. At the left end of the Ribbon, in the Panes group, click on Preview Pane, to turn that pane on.
4. Then, click on an Excel file in the file list, to see a screen shot of its contents in the Preview pane.

How do I Preview Excel files in Explorer?

Open File Explorer, click on the View tab and then select Preview pane. Click on a file you wish to view, such as a Word document, Excel sheet, PowerPoint presentation, PDF, or image. The file appears in the preview pane.

How do I view thumbnails in Excel?

Click the down-arrow next to Document Properties and choose Advanced Properties. Excel displays the Properties dialog box. Make sure the Summary tab is selected. Select the Save Thumbnails for All Excel Documents check box at the bottom of the dialog box.

How do I view thumbnails in Word?

Browse by page

Click the arrow next to Document Map, and then click Thumbnails. Then click a thumbnail image to go to that page. When you do scroll through your document, Word highlights the page you're on in the Document Map to show you where you are.

Why does my preview pane Say No preview available?

The “No preview available” error usually occurs after associating the file type with a different multimedia player but the player didn't add the preview handler registry entries. The ultimate fix is to add the thumbnail hander and the preview handler shell extensions for media files using the registry fix below.

Can't preview .MSG files in Windows File Explorer?

Workaround Method 1 - Disable the Windows Explorer Preview Pane, and open the . msg file to view it in Outlook

1. Open Windows File Explorer.
2. On the View tab, select the Preview pane to disable it.
3. To view the . msg file, double-click it to open it in Outlook.

How do I turn on preview in file explorer?

In the menu bar at the top of the File Explorer window, click “View.” Find “Preview pane” in the upper-left region of the toolbar and click on it. The Preview pane is now activated.

How do I turn on preview pane in File Explorer?

To enable the Preview pane, open File Explorer and follow these steps:

1. In the File Explorer window, click the View tab. The View tab is shown.
2. In the Panes section, click the Preview Pane button. The Preview pane is added to the right side of the File Explorer window.
3. Select several files one by one.

Why can't I preview files in Windows Explorer?

Make sure the following things: In the Windows File Manager, open the Folder Options, make sure the option Always show icons, never thumbnails option is off , and the option Show preview handlers in preview pane is on. ...

What is preview pane in Excel?

When a user is in windows explorer with the preview pane enabled, and they select an Excel file to preview (single click), Excel actually opens a copy of the file in read-only mode, and the Excel window takes the foreground.

How do I get rid of the preview pane in Excel?

Click on View Tab. Click on Preview Pane to view\hide it.

What does save thumbnail mean?

Office files can be saved with a thumbnail image shown in File Explorer that can help us recognize and manage files. Thumbnail images can only be stored inside Microsoft Office documents saved in the Open XML file formats (xlsx, xlsm, xlsb etc), first introduced in 2007. By default, thumbnail images are not enabled.