How to browse through Word and Excel documents folder?
When there is a document folder, is there any application to view documents
like in a slideshow, changing to next document with mouse click?
Mainly Office 2002 and 2003 Excel and Word.

I did some googling but couldn't find anything functional.
There certainly might be some image browser like application, capable to
show preview images and etc.

Thanks for any ideas.
Roland

The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".

Ronald wrote:
> How to browse through Word and Excel documents folder?
> When there is a document folder, is there any application to view documents
> like in a slideshow, changing to next document with mouse click?
> Mainly Office 2002 and 2003 Excel and Word.
>
> I did some googling but couldn't find anything functional.
> There certainly might be some image browser like application, capable to
> show preview images and etc.
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
> Roland
>
>

Hi

I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any searched
function.

Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in one folder
(like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail preview mode?

Could you please be more precise?

Thanks!

"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>...

> The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".

It sounds like you're trying to find something along the lines of a album
with small versions of a file without having to open the file. I've never
seen anything like that. I would suggest naming your files something that
would indicate what info that file contains.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Ronald" <ronald******.com> wrote in message
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> How to browse through Word and Excel documents folder?
> When there is a document folder, is there any application to view
> documents like in a slideshow, changing to next document with mouse click?
> Mainly Office 2002 and 2003 Excel and Word.
>
> I did some googling but couldn't find anything functional.
> There certainly might be some image browser like application, capable to
> show preview images and etc.
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
> Roland
>

Hi,

I have seen few years ago a photo album software which had a built in
document preview, so that along with image thumbnails were documents in
thumbnail view. About this soft I can't recall anything more details or
capabilities.

But situation when someone gets a thousands of documents with not
descriptive names shouldn't be so rare.
Renaming of such a bunch of documents is waste of time as most of these are
most likely not needed later.

So the single solution is a Document browser (closing previous and opening
next with a mouse click).

It may be related to image album application or document preview capable
photo album application, which might be also of a great help.

I can't believe that something like that doesn't exist. In fact it really
feels, that it should be a component of Office any suite.

"JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules@hotnospammail.com> wrote in message
news:O0vHkZaXKHA.2008@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> It sounds like you're trying to find something along the lines of a album
> with small versions of a file without having to open the file. I've never
> seen anything like that. I would suggest naming your files something that
> would indicate what info that file contains.
>
> --
> JoAnn Paules
> MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
> Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"
>

"Ronald" <ronald******.com> wrote in message
news:el3BldYXKHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> How to browse through Word and Excel documents folder?
> When there is a document folder, is there any application to view
> documents like in a slideshow, changing to next document with mouse click?
> Mainly Office 2002 and 2003 Excel and Word.
>
> I did some googling but couldn't find anything functional.
> There certainly might be some image browser like application, capable to
> show preview images and etc.
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
> Roland
>

Don't know what you googled, but there seems to be plenty here:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...meta=&aq=f&oq=

Hi Gordon,

Following the link you provided opened google with most sites colored as
visited (by me) :-)
If you follow any link there, is there what I'm looking for? No.

Most lead to the shareware lists which seem to be rather irelevant to the
topic.
Something I found indeeed and installed with great expectations, but these
failed to open most documents or where else not usable.

I have spent 5-6 hours searching and experimentig without ANY real results.

BT
Roland


"Gordon" <gordonbparker******.com> wrote in message
news:%23MoZlEfXKHA.4360@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> "Ronald" <ronald******.com> wrote in message
> news:el3BldYXKHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> How to browse through Word and Excel documents folder?
>> When there is a document folder, is there any application to view
>> documents like in a slideshow, changing to next document with mouse
>> click?
>> Mainly Office 2002 and 2003 Excel and Word.
>>
>> I did some googling but couldn't find anything functional.
>> There certainly might be some image browser like application, capable to
>> show preview images and etc.
>>
>> Thanks for any ideas.
>> Roland
>>
>
> Don't know what you googled, but there seems to be plenty here:
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...meta=&aq=f&oq=

Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to "Preview"
(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.

Ronald wrote:

> Hi
>
> I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any searched
> function.
>
> Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in one folder
> (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail preview mode?
>
> Could you please be more precise?
>
> Thanks!
>
> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
> news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>...
>
>
>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
>
>
>

Hi Bob

The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for browsing 700
documents named just by numbers.
I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer required
functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of docs or so
sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.



"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to "Preview"
> (icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
>
> Ronald wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any searched
>> function.
>>
>> Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in one
>> folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail
>> preview mode?
>>
>> Could you please be more precise?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
>> news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>...
>>
>>
>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
>>
>>
>>
>

Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents. What
is it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?

Ronald wrote:

> Hi Bob
>
> The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for browsing 700
> documents named just by numbers.
> I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer required
> functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of docs or so
> sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
>
>
>
> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
> news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to "Preview"
>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
>>
>>Ronald wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any searched
>>>function.
>>>
>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in one
>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail
>>>preview mode?
>>>
>>>Could you please be more precise?
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>.. .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

Hi Bob,

I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have names but
machinery generated numbers instead.
I have googled and tried following applications - File center, Turbo
Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more or less time
just to find out that these aren't up to the task.

So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's own File Open
Preview, which you also suggested .....
But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to preview
only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear occasionally a text
"Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and reopen, in
order the preview to function again. On other PC where I installed Office
2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because Office 2007 keeps
Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop files to
appropriate folders.

Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is an bug free
photo album and slide show like document browser ....



"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents. What is
> it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
>
> Ronald wrote:
>
>> Hi Bob
>>
>> The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for browsing 700
>> documents named just by numbers.
>> I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer required
>> functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of docs or
>> so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
>> news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to "Preview"
>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
>>>
>>>Ronald wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any searched
>>>>function.
>>>>
>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in one
>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail
>>>>preview mode?
>>>>
>>>>Could you please be more precise?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>. ..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>

Since they are documents perhaps doing search for text and then you may
drag and drop the found files into the proper folders that way?

Ronald wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have names but
> machinery generated numbers instead.
> I have googled and tried following applications - File center, Turbo
> Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more or less time
> just to find out that these aren't up to the task.
>
> So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's own File Open
> Preview, which you also suggested .....
> But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to preview
> only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear occasionally a text
> "Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and reopen, in
> order the preview to function again. On other PC where I installed Office
> 2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because Office 2007 keeps
> Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop files to
> appropriate folders.
>
> Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is an bug free
> photo album and slide show like document browser ....
>
>
>
> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
> news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>>Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents. What is
>>it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
>>
>>Ronald wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi Bob
>>>
>>>The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for browsing 700
>>>documents named just by numbers.
>>>I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer required
>>>functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of docs or
>>>so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
>>>news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to "Preview"
>>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
>>>>
>>>>Ronald wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi
>>>>>
>>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any searched
>>>>>function.
>>>>>
>>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in one
>>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail
>>>>>preview mode?
>>>>>
>>>>>Could you please be more precise?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>.. .
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>
>

Thanks for your friendly suggestions, but I'm more a technician and my
purpose is to sort out corrupted documents.

To my suprise - I have found myself in a stone age!
The single working solution appears to be double click each documents, wait
until it's opened or until Word reports it can't be opened and then switch
back to file explorer and drag the file to the according folder. I have
spent almost 2 days searching for a suitable solution, while during these 2
days I probably already had finished the work manually!

"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
news:eS7hMXlXKHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Since they are documents perhaps doing search for text and then you may
> drag and drop the found files into the proper folders that way?
>
> Ronald wrote:
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have names but
>> machinery generated numbers instead.
>> I have googled and tried following applications - File center, Turbo
>> Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more or less
>> time just to find out that these aren't up to the task.
>>
>> So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's own File
>> Open Preview, which you also suggested .....
>> But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to preview
>> only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear occasionally a text
>> "Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and reopen, in
>> order the preview to function again. On other PC where I installed Office
>> 2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because Office 2007
>> keeps Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop files to
>> appropriate folders.
>>
>> Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is an bug
>> free photo album and slide show like document browser ....
>>
>>
>>
>> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
>> news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents. What
>>>is it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
>>>
>>>Ronald wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Bob
>>>>
>>>>The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for browsing 700
>>>>documents named just by numbers.
>>>>I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer required
>>>>functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of docs
>>>>or so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to "Preview"
>>>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
>>>>>
>>>>>Ronald wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any searched
>>>>>>function.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in one
>>>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail
>>>>>>preview mode?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Could you please be more precise?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>. ..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>

In that case select a block of them to open at once. Then you may wait
for the error message to appear at the ones that don't open.

Ronald wrote:
> Thanks for your friendly suggestions, but I'm more a technician and my
> purpose is to sort out corrupted documents.
>
> To my suprise - I have found myself in a stone age!
> The single working solution appears to be double click each documents, wait
> until it's opened or until Word reports it can't be opened and then switch
> back to file explorer and drag the file to the according folder. I have
> spent almost 2 days searching for a suitable solution, while during these 2
> days I probably already had finished the work manually!
>
> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
> news:eS7hMXlXKHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
>>Since they are documents perhaps doing search for text and then you may
>>drag and drop the found files into the proper folders that way?
>>
>>Ronald wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Bob,
>>>
>>>I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have names but
>>>machinery generated numbers instead.
>>>I have googled and tried following applications - File center, Turbo
>>>Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more or less
>>>time just to find out that these aren't up to the task.
>>>
>>>So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's own File
>>>Open Preview, which you also suggested .....
>>>But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to preview
>>>only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear occasionally a text
>>>"Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and reopen, in
>>>order the preview to function again. On other PC where I installed Office
>>>2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because Office 2007
>>>keeps Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop files to
>>>appropriate folders.
>>>
>>>Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is an bug
>>>free photo album and slide show like document browser ....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
>>>news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents. What
>>>>is it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
>>>>
>>>>Ronald wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Bob
>>>>>
>>>>>The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for browsing 700
>>>>>documents named just by numbers.
>>>>>I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer required
>>>>>functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of docs
>>>>>or so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to "Preview"
>>>>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ronald wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any searched
>>>>>>>function.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in one
>>>>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail
>>>>>>>preview mode?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Could you please be more precise?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>
>
>

In article <#v7LBqlXKHA.872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Ronald wrote:
> Thanks for your friendly suggestions, but I'm more a technician and my
> purpose is to sort out corrupted documents.

It would've been useful if you'd mentioned that in the first place.
It shouldn't be too difficult to write a macro that attempts to open each DOC
in a folder, traps any errors that result and reports the names of files that
provoke errors.

Would something like that be sufficient?



>
> To my suprise - I have found myself in a stone age!
> The single working solution appears to be double click each documents, wait
> until it's opened or until Word reports it can't be opened and then switch
> back to file explorer and drag the file to the according folder. I have
> spent almost 2 days searching for a suitable solution, while during these 2
> days I probably already had finished the work manually!
>
> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
> news:eS7hMXlXKHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Since they are documents perhaps doing search for text and then you may
> > drag and drop the found files into the proper folders that way?
> >
> > Ronald wrote:
> >> Hi Bob,
> >>
> >> I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have names but
> >> machinery generated numbers instead.
> >> I have googled and tried following applications - File center, Turbo
> >> Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more or less
> >> time just to find out that these aren't up to the task.
> >>
> >> So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's own File
> >> Open Preview, which you also suggested .....
> >> But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to preview
> >> only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear occasionally a text
> >> "Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and reopen, in
> >> order the preview to function again. On other PC where I installed Office
> >> 2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because Office 2007
> >> keeps Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop files to
> >> appropriate folders.
> >>
> >> Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is an bug
> >> free photo album and slide show like document browser ....
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
> >> news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >>
> >>>Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents. What
> >>>is it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
> >>>
> >>>Ronald wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi Bob
> >>>>
> >>>>The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for browsing 700
> >>>>documents named just by numbers.
> >>>>I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer required
> >>>>functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of docs
> >>>>or so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
> >>>>news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. .
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to "Preview"
> >>>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Ronald wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Hi
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any searched
> >>>>>>function.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in one
> >>>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail
> >>>>>>preview mode?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Could you please be more precise?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Thanks!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>. ..
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
> >