wow! Thanks.. I'll give it a shot...if it doesn't work in word, maybe I can just start keeping them as ppts.. thanx! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Disastar" <disastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 12:13 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: thumbnails of images in documents >I found a way to add a thumbnail of the first page (not embedded pic) of > your MS-Office docs. I hope this will suffice. If sounds like it is > possible to make a program to make the thumbnail of an embedded pic, but I > haven't been able to find the code to do so yet. Here is what I found: > > "For Office documents to display a preview, Microsoft Office needs to > embed > a thumbnail image in the file when it is saved. This feature is enabled by > default for PowerPoint presentations but not other file types. For other > Office applications, go to File->Properties and select the Save Preview > Picture check box at the bottom for each individual file. This can be done > for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project. If you experiment with this you > will find that some thumbnails are more useful than others. Most Word > documents show up as rows of squiggly lines. (What do you expect when the > font has been shrunk to 2pt?)" > > OK, I do see code for saving a larger pic of that thumbnail to disk which > might be useful to you if you open the pic or if you view the folder in > Filmstrip mode. It may be awhile before I get a chance to turn that code > into something useful though. > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------