
However, you can see the preview picture in a custom thumbnail, if Excel's Open window is showing icons in Medium, Large or Extra Large size. You can also see preview pictures in Windows Explorer, as described in the next section. To see an Excel file's preview picture, could view it in the Word or PowerPoint Open window. There is a Microsoft support article that says you can't see previews for Excel, Word or PowerPoint, within their own programs.



At the right, click the drop down arrow for Properties.To open the Property dialog box, follow these steps: The first step in changing the Preview Picture setting is to open NOTE: In earlier versions of Excel, a Preview Picture was also available in the Excel Open window, but doesn't work in the current version. In Excel, so you can see a small screen shot of the file contents, when you select a file in the Windows Explorer list. This article explains how to change one of the property settings

When you're opening files in Windows Explorer, you can see a list of files in
