

The Properties window had a “Save preview picture” check box, and that setting affected the active workbook only. In earlier versions of Excel, you could set the Preview Picture setting for specific workbooks.


Next, follow these steps to see preview pictures: NOTE: For instructions for earlier versions of Excel, see Picture Preview – Excel 2003 to 2010. At the right, click the drop down arrow for Properties.To open the Property dialog box, follow these steps: Here are the steps to do that, in Excel for Office 365. To change the Preview Picture setting in Excel, you need to open the properties dialog box. I must have been checking out that pivot table, to see how the sales were going! The preview shows the page that was active when the file was saved last. The file list is at the left, and the Preview Picture for the selected file is shown at the right. If you’re not sure what a preview picture looks like, here’s a screen shot from one of my sample Excel files. Here’s how to see Preview Pictures, and a warning about using them. That feature was available in Excel’s Open window, but has disappeared in newer versions of Excel. Enter the above string value for the new key created.In the good old days of Excel, you could change a workbook setting, and see a preview picture of the file contents, before you opened it.

If any of the above keys are not present, then right-click on the empty space and click on New, and select String Value.ħ. “” = “Adobe PDF Preview Handler for Vista”Ħ. Look for the following string keys of type REG_SZ and associated Value Data on the right side. MSI Installation for 32-bit Outlook and 32-bit Windows / 64-bit Outlook and 64-bit Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PreviewHandlersĥ. MSI Installation for 32-bit Outlook and 64-bit Windows version HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PreviewHandlers For particular Outlook and Windows versions, locate the registry key as below:Ĭlick to Run for all Windows and Outlook versions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\ClickToRun\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\PreviewHandlers
