How to display the first page of an Office document as its icon

Windows users can choose to replace the generic Office applications icon (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) with the thumbnail preview of the first page when saving the file. Follow the instructions in the post to make the first page of Office documents as its icon.

Show the first page of an Office document as its icon

The method does not require to install third-party software or add an extension. A simple trick will do the job for you like Microsoft Office; itself understands the functionality. It should be noted, however, that the function is not enabled by default. To view the first page of an Office document as its icon, you will need to:

1. Keep preview images for individual Office documents
2. Keep all Office files with the thumbnail.

The Office user can enable the feature for Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files, individually or for all Office files simultaneously when it is saved with a thumbnail image of the first page of the file.

1) Retain preview images for individual Office documents

Open the file (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) for which you want to add a thumbnail (Microsoft has named this feature as a thumbnail, not a preview).

Hit theFileThe tab "in the ribbon menu and choose"Save as'Option.

Select the location of your choice and in the Save As dialog box, check the boxSave thumbnail"Which appears just below"authors"

This will make the first page as the file icon on the system.

Finally, & #39;save'Finish the process.

Once completed, the saved document should display as a thumbnail (preview) of the first page of the file.

2) Keep all Office files with the thumbnail

If you want to configure the above option permanently, that is, always save the image with Thumbnail (Preview), do the following:

Open a file (Word, Excel or PowerPoint), go to "File'Menu and select'Info"

Then choose the drop-down arrow adjacent to "properties»And select«Advanced properties'Tab.

Now in the Properties window that opens, check the boxSave thumbnails for all Word documents"

Click OK.

You can now use this thumbnail image and display it as an icon, as follows.

Start 'File Explorer' and go to 'Options'.

There, click on the "View & #39; tab, uncheck 'Always show icons, never thumbnails", check & #39;Show thumbnail file icon '. When done, click on the 'OK' button.

I hope you find this tip useful.