> Thank you so much, Suzanne, for your detailed answer.
>
> I also feel it can be a bug.
>
> I just realized it doesn't work in PowerPoint either.
>
> As for Excel, it was working fine this morning. Now it doesn't...
>
> In other words, the main Office applications can, in their Open | Preview
> pane, display all documents except those created in the application in
> question. Crazy, isn't it ?
>
> Well, I hope MS comes with an update or hotfix soon, for it is a most
> useful feature.
>
> If you hear about a proper solution, i.e. not a workaround, please be so
> kind as to post it.
>
> best regards,
> Daniel
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> a écrit dans le message de
> news:eTTsivsPJHA.4756[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I don't know who made the decision, but we were just told that Vista would
>>take over a lot of the features of previous versions of Word/Office (such
>>as Speech Recognition), and the preview was one of them. Preview still
>>works for Word 2007 under Windows XP; the Open and Save dialogs there also
>>retain the Places Bar, which I believe is absent (or at least different)
>>under Vista.
>>
>> There's some hype about this at
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/getworkdone/computingtips.mspx.>>
>> OTOH, there's a thread at
>>
http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Word/microsoft.public.word.docmanagement/2007-07/msg02209.html >> that suggests that this may be a bug after all; another at
>>
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-3360282-1.php. There's more that
>> may be useful at
>>
http://www.walkernews.net/2007/07/09/vista-preview-pane-vs-detail-pane-revisited/>>
>> Herb Tyson seems to have some experience with this; perhaps he'll weigh
>> in here.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> "Daniel" <notmyrealaddress[ at ]free.fr> wrote in message
>> news:736648D5-4584-4842-B945-95B55EC08948[ at ]microsoft.com...
>>> Hello Suzanne,
>>>
>>> sorry to bother you again.
>>>
>>> "By design"? What do you mean? How come one cannot preview in Word the
>>> Word documents? How come in Excel one CAN preview the Excel
>>> spreadsheets? I am trying to understand the logic which could explain
>>> this design choice.
>>>
>>> I really do think the preview feature is indispensable and I do miss it.
>>> When I am in Word it bothers me to have to open the Vista Explorer to go
>>> thru and preview my Word documents and then open the one I need.
>>>
>>> Do I miss something?
>>>
>>> With all my Best,
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> a écrit dans le message de
>>> news:%23Gd2TmoPJHA.1012[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> It's not a bug; it's "by design."
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>>> Words into Type
>>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>>>
>>>> "Daniel" <notmyrealaddress[ at ]free.fr> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23Y0AmSlPJHA.4152[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hi Suzanne,
>>>>>
>>>>> thks for your message.
>>>>>
>>>>> what is funny is that I can preview in Word Excel spreadsheets,
>>>>> pictures and
>>>>> all kinds of documents, except Word documents.
>>>>>
>>>>> With the Vista explorer I can preview everything, it seems.
>>>>>
>>>>> any clue? Is it a known bug?
>>>>>
>>>>> Brgds,
>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> a écrit dans le message de
>>>>> news:u$wsiMcPJHA.5076[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Evidently Vista's preview trumps Word's. You can enable previews in
>>>>>> Vista itself, I believe.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>>>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>>>>> Words into Type
>>>>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Daniel" <notmyrealaddress[ at ]free.fr> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:96BAD677-0EBA-4306-8964-F9B2E7E4993B[ at ]microsoft.com...
>>>>>>> Hi everybody,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am now using Word 2007 user, on a new PC with Vista.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It seems that the document preview feature doesn't work. When I
>>>>>>> perform an "Open" operation and select a document, nothing appears
>>>>>>> in the right hand side preview pane.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (I should also point out that it doesn't seem to wok with Excel
>>>>>>> 2007)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any particular setting I should modify?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks in advance for your kind help.
>>>>>>> Best Rgds,
>>>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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