In the Properties dialog box, click the Summary tab.This change will affect ALL Excel files - you can't change the setting for specific files only, as you could in earlier versions.įollow these steps to allow Preview Pictures for all Excel files: The next step is to change the Preview setting. 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