Setting Preview On For Microsoft Office Documents [TN]


	Applies To

	Product(s):	ProjectWise, Microsoft Office
	Version(s):	XM,V8i, Office 2007,2010
	Environment:	N/A
	Area:	N/A
	Subarea:	N/A
	Original Author:	Bentley Technical Support Group

Overview

You are able to view thumbnails of office documents in ProjectWise Explorer, however the property attribute of that document must be turned on.

Setting the preview property in Office 2007

Open the document and select Office Icon (top left hand of window). Select Prepare then Properties

Go to the Advanced Properties

Advanced Properties

In the Advanced Properties go to the Summary Tab and check "Save preview picture" option.

Preview picture option

Setting the preview property in Office 2010

Open the document and select the File tab, and then Info

On the right pane, select Properties-Advanced Properties

In the Summary tab- enable "Save Thumbnails for All Word Documents" (or in the case of Excel, "Save Thumbnails for All Excel Documents")

External Links

Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase

Bentley LEARN Server

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Created by Elisa McGraw
When: Fri, Jul 8 2011 11:00 AM
Last revision by Elisabeth Pry
When: Mon, Jun 10 2013 10:03 AM
Revisions: 4
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