preview pane

does anyone know how to make preview pane preview office docs .
I have office 2003 professional and vista ultimate. Preview pane in explorer
previews pictures music and even adobe pdf files but willl not do office docs
from word or excel. microsoft support says it does not do them but why.
So I am hoping that someone out there knows how to fix the problem as I cant
see the point of preview pane if it does not preview your word docs.
--
malcp

The Preview Pane runs on a "plug-in" model where a component suitable for
previewing each file type must be installed and registered on the machine.
For Office documents the previewer components ship with Office 2007, but not
Office 2003 {because, amongst other reasons, Office 2003 had already shipped
prior to the time the Vista previewer architecture was designed}.


"malcp" <malcp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7AEBAE37-67B8-478C-98F2-273473F8A2A1@microsoft.com...
> does anyone know how to make preview pane preview office docs .
> I have office 2003 professional and vista ultimate. Preview pane in
> explorer
> previews pictures music and even adobe pdf files but willl not do office
> docs
> from word or excel. microsoft support says it does not do them but why.
> So I am hoping that someone out there knows how to fix the problem as I
> cant
> see the point of preview pane if it does not preview your word docs.
> --
> malcp

Hi,

I have the same problem and honestly I don’t quite understand this! Vista
shows in preview pane pdf files but not office 2003 files?
Is this plug-in you mentioned anywhere available for download? Or we need to
go and buy office 2007 in order to see the documents in the preview pane of
vista????!!!

Regards,
Christos


"Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:

> The Preview Pane runs on a "plug-in" model where a component suitable for
> previewing each file type must be installed and registered on the machine.
> For Office documents the previewer components ship with Office 2007, but not
> Office 2003 {because, amongst other reasons, Office 2003 had already shipped
> prior to the time the Vista previewer architecture was designed}.
>
>
> "malcp" <malcp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7AEBAE37-67B8-478C-98F2-273473F8A2A1@microsoft.com...
> > does anyone know how to make preview pane preview office docs .
> > I have office 2003 professional and vista ultimate. Preview pane in
> > explorer
> > previews pictures music and even adobe pdf files but willl not do office
> > docs
> > from word or excel. microsoft support says it does not do them but why.
> > So I am hoping that someone out there knows how to fix the problem as I
> > cant
> > see the point of preview pane if it does not preview your word docs.
> > --
> > malcp
>
>

Vista comes with a previewer mechanism, but it doesn't come with a Time
Machine :-). Office 2003 doesn't know anything about the Vista previewer
because it was released before Vista existed - in general an updated version
of the app that handles the format needs to be updated to include previewer
support. This includes Adobe PDF Reader and Microsoft Office.

Dave

"Arend" <Arend@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1495F0C1-1475-4EB3-9D0F-F0CC1EB3C5F4@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have the same problem and honestly I don’t quite understand this! Vista
> shows in preview pane pdf files but not office 2003 files?
> Is this plug-in you mentioned anywhere available for download? Or we need
> to
> go and buy office 2007 in order to see the documents in the preview pane
> of
> vista????!!!
>
> Regards,
> Christos
>
>
> "Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:
>
>> The Preview Pane runs on a "plug-in" model where a component suitable for
>> previewing each file type must be installed and registered on the
>> machine.
>> For Office documents the previewer components ship with Office 2007, but
>> not
>> Office 2003 {because, amongst other reasons, Office 2003 had already
>> shipped
>> prior to the time the Vista previewer architecture was designed}.
>>
>>
>> "malcp" <malcp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7AEBAE37-67B8-478C-98F2-273473F8A2A1@microsoft.com...
>> > does anyone know how to make preview pane preview office docs .
>> > I have office 2003 professional and vista ultimate. Preview pane in
>> > explorer
>> > previews pictures music and even adobe pdf files but willl not do
>> > office
>> > docs
>> > from word or excel. microsoft support says it does not do them but why.
>> > So I am hoping that someone out there knows how to fix the problem as I
>> > cant
>> > see the point of preview pane if it does not preview your word docs.
>> > --
>> > malcp
>>
>>

Hello Dave,

It looks like vista did come with a time machine because outlook 2003 emails
(which use word 2003 as an editor) can easily be reviewed maintaining even
all format! Obviously the time machine doesn’t work for the other office
applications for a reason that only Microsoft knows. The last time I’ve
checked Windows and Office were both being manufactured by Microsoft, and it
is quite odd that third party apps (see adobe) have updated their software
while a year later Microsoft hasn’t.

Do I “see� something wrong?

Regards,
Christos


"Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:

> Vista comes with a previewer mechanism, but it doesn't come with a Time
> Machine :-). Office 2003 doesn't know anything about the Vista previewer
> because it was released before Vista existed - in general an updated version
> of the app that handles the format needs to be updated to include previewer
> support. This includes Adobe PDF Reader and Microsoft Office.
>
> Dave
>
> "Arend" <Arend@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1495F0C1-1475-4EB3-9D0F-F0CC1EB3C5F4@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have the same problem and honestly I don’t quite understand this! Vista
> > shows in preview pane pdf files but not office 2003 files?
> > Is this plug-in you mentioned anywhere available for download? Or we need
> > to
> > go and buy office 2007 in order to see the documents in the preview pane
> > of
> > vista????!!!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Christos
> >
> >
> > "Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:
> >
> >> The Preview Pane runs on a "plug-in" model where a component suitable for
> >> previewing each file type must be installed and registered on the
> >> machine.
> >> For Office documents the previewer components ship with Office 2007, but
> >> not
> >> Office 2003 {because, amongst other reasons, Office 2003 had already
> >> shipped
> >> prior to the time the Vista previewer architecture was designed}.
> >>
> >>
> >> "malcp" <malcp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:7AEBAE37-67B8-478C-98F2-273473F8A2A1@microsoft.com...
> >> > does anyone know how to make preview pane preview office docs .
> >> > I have office 2003 professional and vista ultimate. Preview pane in
> >> > explorer
> >> > previews pictures music and even adobe pdf files but willl not do
> >> > office
> >> > docs
> >> > from word or excel. microsoft support says it does not do them but why.
> >> > So I am hoping that someone out there knows how to fix the problem as I
> >> > cant
> >> > see the point of preview pane if it does not preview your word docs.
> >> > --
> >> > malcp
> >>
> >>
>
>

Yes Outlook mail items can be previewed in the previewer. That's because
Vista uses the standard MAPI APIs to preview the e-mails. But in general you
need an updated version of the app to preview file formats which aren't
natively recognized by Vista. In the case of Office docs like Excel or Word
docs that means using Office 2007. Office components don't in general ship
with the OS, as I'm sure you are aware ...


"Arend" <Arend@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6F1E144E-1897-4BA4-B1D3-2D7A4D60FFF6@microsoft.com...
> Hello Dave,
>
> It looks like vista did come with a time machine because outlook 2003
> emails
> (which use word 2003 as an editor) can easily be reviewed maintaining even
> all format! Obviously the time machine doesn’t work for the other office
> applications for a reason that only Microsoft knows. The last time I’ve
> checked Windows and Office were both being manufactured by Microsoft, and
> it
> is quite odd that third party apps (see adobe) have updated their software
> while a year later Microsoft hasn’t.
>
> Do I “see� something wrong?
>
> Regards,
> Christos
>
>
> "Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:
>
>> Vista comes with a previewer mechanism, but it doesn't come with a Time
>> Machine :-). Office 2003 doesn't know anything about the Vista previewer
>> because it was released before Vista existed - in general an updated
>> version
>> of the app that handles the format needs to be updated to include
>> previewer
>> support. This includes Adobe PDF Reader and Microsoft Office.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> "Arend" <Arend@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1495F0C1-1475-4EB3-9D0F-F0CC1EB3C5F4@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have the same problem and honestly I don’t quite understand this!
>> > Vista
>> > shows in preview pane pdf files but not office 2003 files?
>> > Is this plug-in you mentioned anywhere available for download? Or we
>> > need
>> > to
>> > go and buy office 2007 in order to see the documents in the preview
>> > pane
>> > of
>> > vista????!!!
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Christos
>> >
>> >
>> > "Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> The Preview Pane runs on a "plug-in" model where a component suitable
>> >> for
>> >> previewing each file type must be installed and registered on the
>> >> machine.
>> >> For Office documents the previewer components ship with Office 2007,
>> >> but
>> >> not
>> >> Office 2003 {because, amongst other reasons, Office 2003 had already
>> >> shipped
>> >> prior to the time the Vista previewer architecture was designed}.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "malcp" <malcp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:7AEBAE37-67B8-478C-98F2-273473F8A2A1@microsoft.com...
>> >> > does anyone know how to make preview pane preview office docs .
>> >> > I have office 2003 professional and vista ultimate. Preview pane in
>> >> > explorer
>> >> > previews pictures music and even adobe pdf files but willl not do
>> >> > office
>> >> > docs
>> >> > from word or excel. microsoft support says it does not do them but
>> >> > why.
>> >> > So I am hoping that someone out there knows how to fix the problem
>> >> > as I
>> >> > cant
>> >> > see the point of preview pane if it does not preview your word docs.
>> >> > --
>> >> > malcp
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

Indeed office components do not come with OS and I am aware of this. However,
it looks like you are not aware that Windows Explorer, where the preview pane
is located, is not part of the office but of the OS. And Microsoft should
have had the courtesy to support in the preview pane its own products. But it
looks like Microsoft thought that the day that vista were released the whole
world would go shopping office 2007.

You should also be aware that you do not need to be sarcastic for no reason
and especially not when your arguments suck!!


"Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:

> Yes Outlook mail items can be previewed in the previewer. That's because
> Vista uses the standard MAPI APIs to preview the e-mails. But in general you
> need an updated version of the app to preview file formats which aren't
> natively recognized by Vista. In the case of Office docs like Excel or Word
> docs that means using Office 2007. Office components don't in general ship
> with the OS, as I'm sure you are aware ...
>
>
> "Arend" <Arend@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6F1E144E-1897-4BA4-B1D3-2D7A4D60FFF6@microsoft.com...
> > Hello Dave,
> >
> > It looks like vista did come with a time machine because outlook 2003
> > emails
> > (which use word 2003 as an editor) can easily be reviewed maintaining even
> > all format! Obviously the time machine doesn’t work for the other office
> > applications for a reason that only Microsoft knows. The last time I’ve
> > checked Windows and Office were both being manufactured by Microsoft, and
> > it
> > is quite odd that third party apps (see adobe) have updated their software
> > while a year later Microsoft hasn’t.
> >
> > Do I “see� something wrong?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Christos
> >
> >
> > "Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:
> >
> >> Vista comes with a previewer mechanism, but it doesn't come with a Time
> >> Machine :-). Office 2003 doesn't know anything about the Vista previewer
> >> because it was released before Vista existed - in general an updated
> >> version
> >> of the app that handles the format needs to be updated to include
> >> previewer
> >> support. This includes Adobe PDF Reader and Microsoft Office.
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >> "Arend" <Arend@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1495F0C1-1475-4EB3-9D0F-F0CC1EB3C5F4@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I have the same problem and honestly I don’t quite understand this!
> >> > Vista
> >> > shows in preview pane pdf files but not office 2003 files?
> >> > Is this plug-in you mentioned anywhere available for download? Or we
> >> > need
> >> > to
> >> > go and buy office 2007 in order to see the documents in the preview
> >> > pane
> >> > of
> >> > vista????!!!
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Christos
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> The Preview Pane runs on a "plug-in" model where a component suitable
> >> >> for
> >> >> previewing each file type must be installed and registered on the
> >> >> machine.
> >> >> For Office documents the previewer components ship with Office 2007,
> >> >> but
> >> >> not
> >> >> Office 2003 {because, amongst other reasons, Office 2003 had already
> >> >> shipped
> >> >> prior to the time the Vista previewer architecture was designed}.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "malcp" <malcp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:7AEBAE37-67B8-478C-98F2-273473F8A2A1@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > does anyone know how to make preview pane preview office docs .
> >> >> > I have office 2003 professional and vista ultimate. Preview pane in
> >> >> > explorer
> >> >> > previews pictures music and even adobe pdf files but willl not do
> >> >> > office
> >> >> > docs
> >> >> > from word or excel. microsoft support says it does not do them but
> >> >> > why.
> >> >> > So I am hoping that someone out there knows how to fix the problem
> >> >> > as I
> >> >> > cant
> >> >> > see the point of preview pane if it does not preview your word docs.
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > malcp
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

The overall principle of the previewer is that the previewer manager ships
with the OS, but the individual previewers for different file formats do not
{beyond a couple of basic ones like Txt, Html, Mapi which are included in
the box}. Previewers for individual application file formats, whether from
Microsoft or anyone else need to supplied as part of the app - we don't
generally special-case Microsoft apps over non-Microsoft ones {for many
reasons}.

Dave

"Arend" <Arend@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:38025E97-BA96-45A1-B210-B52D7B3C3458@microsoft.com...
> Indeed office components do not come with OS and I am aware of this.
> However,
> it looks like you are not aware that Windows Explorer, where the preview
> pane
> is located, is not part of the office but of the OS. And Microsoft should
> have had the courtesy to support in the preview pane its own products. But
> it
> looks like Microsoft thought that the day that vista were released the
> whole
> world would go shopping office 2007.
>
> You should also be aware that you do not need to be sarcastic for no
> reason
> and especially not when your arguments suck!!
>
>
> "Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:
>
>> Yes Outlook mail items can be previewed in the previewer. That's because
>> Vista uses the standard MAPI APIs to preview the e-mails. But in general
>> you
>> need an updated version of the app to preview file formats which aren't
>> natively recognized by Vista. In the case of Office docs like Excel or
>> Word
>> docs that means using Office 2007. Office components don't in general
>> ship
>> with the OS, as I'm sure you are aware ...
>>
>>
>> "Arend" <Arend@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6F1E144E-1897-4BA4-B1D3-2D7A4D60FFF6@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello Dave,
>> >
>> > It looks like vista did come with a time machine because outlook 2003
>> > emails
>> > (which use word 2003 as an editor) can easily be reviewed maintaining
>> > even
>> > all format! Obviously the time machine doesn’t work for the other
>> > office
>> > applications for a reason that only Microsoft knows. The last time I’ve
>> > checked Windows and Office were both being manufactured by Microsoft,
>> > and
>> > it
>> > is quite odd that third party apps (see adobe) have updated their
>> > software
>> > while a year later Microsoft hasn’t.
>> >
>> > Do I “see� something wrong?
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Christos
>> >
>> >
>> > "Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Vista comes with a previewer mechanism, but it doesn't come with a
>> >> Time
>> >> Machine :-). Office 2003 doesn't know anything about the Vista
>> >> previewer
>> >> because it was released before Vista existed - in general an updated
>> >> version
>> >> of the app that handles the format needs to be updated to include
>> >> previewer
>> >> support. This includes Adobe PDF Reader and Microsoft Office.
>> >>
>> >> Dave
>> >>
>> >> "Arend" <Arend@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1495F0C1-1475-4EB3-9D0F-F0CC1EB3C5F4@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > I have the same problem and honestly I don’t quite understand this!
>> >> > Vista
>> >> > shows in preview pane pdf files but not office 2003 files?
>> >> > Is this plug-in you mentioned anywhere available for download? Or we
>> >> > need
>> >> > to
>> >> > go and buy office 2007 in order to see the documents in the preview
>> >> > pane
>> >> > of
>> >> > vista????!!!
>> >> >
>> >> > Regards,
>> >> > Christos
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> The Preview Pane runs on a "plug-in" model where a component
>> >> >> suitable
>> >> >> for
>> >> >> previewing each file type must be installed and registered on the
>> >> >> machine.
>> >> >> For Office documents the previewer components ship with Office
>> >> >> 2007,
>> >> >> but
>> >> >> not
>> >> >> Office 2003 {because, amongst other reasons, Office 2003 had
>> >> >> already
>> >> >> shipped
>> >> >> prior to the time the Vista previewer architecture was designed}.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "malcp" <malcp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:7AEBAE37-67B8-478C-98F2-273473F8A2A1@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> > does anyone know how to make preview pane preview office docs .
>> >> >> > I have office 2003 professional and vista ultimate. Preview pane
>> >> >> > in
>> >> >> > explorer
>> >> >> > previews pictures music and even adobe pdf files but willl not do
>> >> >> > office
>> >> >> > docs
>> >> >> > from word or excel. microsoft support says it does not do them
>> >> >> > but
>> >> >> > why.
>> >> >> > So I am hoping that someone out there knows how to fix the
>> >> >> > problem
>> >> >> > as I
>> >> >> > cant
>> >> >> > see the point of preview pane if it does not preview your word
>> >> >> > docs.
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >> > malcp
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

Surely someone can fix this problem!

I installed WDS 4.0 on my XP machine with Office 2003 and the previews work
properly.

Update of my laptop (XP Home) with WDS 4.0 results in not being able to
preview Word, Excel and Visio files.

Does anybody know of a third party "plug in" to make this work?

Regards!
--
IJM


"Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:

>
> The overall principle of the previewer is that the previewer manager ships
> with the OS, but the individual previewers for different file formats do not
> {beyond a couple of basic ones like Txt, Html, Mapi which are included in
> the box}. Previewers for individual application file formats, whether from
> Microsoft or anyone else need to supplied as part of the app - we don't
> generally special-case Microsoft apps over non-Microsoft ones {for many
> reasons}.
>
> Dave
>
> "Arend" <Arend@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:38025E97-BA96-45A1-B210-B52D7B3C3458@microsoft.com...
> > Indeed office components do not come with OS and I am aware of this.
> > However,
> > it looks like you are not aware that Windows Explorer, where the preview
> > pane
> > is located, is not part of the office but of the OS. And Microsoft should
> > have had the courtesy to support in the preview pane its own products. But
> > it
> > looks like Microsoft thought that the day that vista were released the
> > whole
> > world would go shopping office 2007.
> >
> > You should also be aware that you do not need to be sarcastic for no
> > reason
> > and especially not when your arguments suck!!
> >
> >
> > "Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:
> >
> >> Yes Outlook mail items can be previewed in the previewer. That's because
> >> Vista uses the standard MAPI APIs to preview the e-mails. But in general
> >> you
> >> need an updated version of the app to preview file formats which aren't
> >> natively recognized by Vista. In the case of Office docs like Excel or
> >> Word
> >> docs that means using Office 2007. Office components don't in general
> >> ship
> >> with the OS, as I'm sure you are aware ...
> >>
> >>
> >> "Arend" <Arend@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6F1E144E-1897-4BA4-B1D3-2D7A4D60FFF6@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hello Dave,
> >> >
> >> > It looks like vista did come with a time machine because outlook 2003
> >> > emails
> >> > (which use word 2003 as an editor) can easily be reviewed maintaining
> >> > even
> >> > all format! Obviously the time machine doesn’t work for the other
> >> > office
> >> > applications for a reason that only Microsoft knows. The last time I’ve
> >> > checked Windows and Office were both being manufactured by Microsoft,
> >> > and
> >> > it
> >> > is quite odd that third party apps (see adobe) have updated their
> >> > software
> >> > while a year later Microsoft hasn’t.
> >> >
> >> > Do I “see� something wrong?
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Christos
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Vista comes with a previewer mechanism, but it doesn't come with a
> >> >> Time
> >> >> Machine :-). Office 2003 doesn't know anything about the Vista
> >> >> previewer
> >> >> because it was released before Vista existed - in general an updated
> >> >> version
> >> >> of the app that handles the format needs to be updated to include
> >> >> previewer
> >> >> support. This includes Adobe PDF Reader and Microsoft Office.
> >> >>
> >> >> Dave
> >> >>
> >> >> "Arend" <Arend@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:1495F0C1-1475-4EB3-9D0F-F0CC1EB3C5F4@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > Hi,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I have the same problem and honestly I don’t quite understand this!
> >> >> > Vista
> >> >> > shows in preview pane pdf files but not office 2003 files?
> >> >> > Is this plug-in you mentioned anywhere available for download? Or we
> >> >> > need
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > go and buy office 2007 in order to see the documents in the preview
> >> >> > pane
> >> >> > of
> >> >> > vista????!!!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Regards,
> >> >> > Christos
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "Dave Wood [MS]" wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> The Preview Pane runs on a "plug-in" model where a component
> >> >> >> suitable
> >> >> >> for
> >> >> >> previewing each file type must be installed and registered on the
> >> >> >> machine.
> >> >> >> For Office documents the previewer components ship with Office
> >> >> >> 2007,
> >> >> >> but
> >> >> >> not
> >> >> >> Office 2003 {because, amongst other reasons, Office 2003 had
> >> >> >> already
> >> >> >> shipped
> >> >> >> prior to the time the Vista previewer architecture was designed}.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> "malcp" <malcp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >> news:7AEBAE37-67B8-478C-98F2-273473F8A2A1@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >> > does anyone know how to make preview pane preview office docs .
> >> >> >> > I have office 2003 professional and vista ultimate. Preview pane
> >> >> >> > in
> >> >> >> > explorer
> >> >> >> > previews pictures music and even adobe pdf files but willl not do
> >> >> >> > office
> >> >> >> > docs
> >> >> >> > from word or excel. microsoft support says it does not do them
> >> >> >> > but
> >> >> >> > why.
> >> >> >> > So I am hoping that someone out there knows how to fix the
> >> >> >> > problem
> >> >> >> > as I
> >> >> >> > cant
> >> >> >> > see the point of preview pane if it does not preview your word
> >> >> >> > docs.
> >> >> >> > --
> >> >> >> > malcp
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:57:01 -0700, IJM
<IJM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Surely someone can fix this problem!
>
>I installed WDS 4.0 on my XP machine with Office 2003 and the previews work
>properly.
>
>Update of my laptop (XP Home) with WDS 4.0 results in not being able to
>preview Word, Excel and Visio files.
>
>Does anybody know of a third party "plug in" to make this work?

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