previewing documents in finder

[Alistair Appleton]

Is there a way of previewing word documents in the Mac finder or
indeed in the "open" window of Word.
When I used Word on a PC I could do this and it's a real annoyance not
to be able to see the document when searching through files.
Does any one know if and how this is possible?

Alistair

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Alistair,

The following was posted some time ago by Jim Gordon. It pertains to Word
2001. Should work for Word X also.

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To create a preview for any word document, open it. In the File menu choose
Properties. On the Summary tab check the box that says to save a picture
preview, then save the document. I don't know of a way to make that check
box checked by default, but you could write a short VB macro to do it.
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Unfortunately, you have to open the document first in order to check the
Save A Preview box but once it's set, it's there forever (or till you
uncheck the option).

Hope this helps.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/WordMac/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>

 

[Jay Gamel]

Is there a way of previewing word documents in the Mac finder or
indeed in the "open" window of Word.
When I used Word on a PC I could do this and it's a real annoyance not
to be able to see the document when searching through files.
Does any one know if and how this is possible?

Alistair

Word X osx 10.x

1. use PRINT PREVIEW under FILE menu
2. PRINT then check PREVIEW button at the bottom of the print window
3. VIEW switch to PAGE LAYOUT. headers/footers are gray but visible

 

[Jay Gamel]

(e-mail address removed) (Alistair Appleton) wrote in message


Word X osx 10.x

1. use PRINT PREVIEW under FILE menu
2. PRINT then check PREVIEW button at the bottom of the print window
3. VIEW switch to PAGE LAYOUT. headers/footers are gray but visible

Alistair,

Excuse my misreading of your question,

You can use the FIND FILE function in Word¹s OPEN command. It¹s clunky and you
need to know where you want to look, but it will offer a preview. Otherwise
the finder just shows previews of text only documents.