The view you get in Windows Explorer may depend on your pdf default viewer. I use the free Foxit reader and I can see the icons in Explorer (from medium size and up) as thumbnails of the first page of the pdf. Nevertheless in Legacy a pdf still shows as the standard document pages icon.
David On 09/01/2014 15:41, Kurt Kneeland wrote: > I don’t think there is a standard Windows function for doing that. If > you look at Windows file explorer, at a folder with mixed jpg and pdf > files, and you have in Thumbnail view, you’ll see thumbnails of the jpg > files but just a big icon for the pdf files. > > The only place I can remember seeing thumbnails of pdf files is in > Paperport. So it is possible, but they may be using proprietary > software to do it. > > *From:*robs_familytree . [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 09, 2014 9:09 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Documents in Legacy > > This is not a criticism, just a question. > > Since Legacy can read PDFs, why do we only get to see the standard > "document clipart" in Source Media, instead of a smaller version of the > document like we can with jpgs and other pictures? > > Just curious, > > Thanks! > > Rob Miller > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
