Ever forgotten what was in a file, even when the file name was familiar? With Microsoft Word 97/2000, you can preview the contents of a file before you open the file. The Preview command provides file information from the Open dialog box in Word 97/2000.

To preview document contents

1. On the File menu, click Open.
2. In the Look in box, select the drive that contains the file you want to view.
3. In the folder list, click the file you want to view.
4. In the Open dialog box, do one of the following:

   In Word 97, click Preview.
   In Word 2000, click the arrow next to the Views menu, and then click Preview.

Note  You can preview the entire contents of the document by using the scroll bar. You cannot delete or rename the file while previewing the document.