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Error message when you try to preview an Excel 2007 workbook in Outlook 2007: "This file cannot be previewed"

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Symptoms

When you try to preview a Microsoft Office Excel 2007 workbook in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, you receive an error message that resembles the following error message:
This file cannot be previewed because of an error with the following previewer:

Microsoft Office Excel previewer

To open this program in its own program, double-click it.
This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:
  • In the Excel 2007 workbook, the Sharing with track changes check box is selected.
  • In the Excel 2007 workbook, the List changes on a new sheet check box is selected.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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Keywords: KB930005, kbexpertisebeginner, kbprb, kbtshoot, kberrmsg

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Article Info
Article ID : 930005
Revision : 3
Created on : 10/15/2007
Published on : 10/15/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 271