Can't do an embedded preview of any Word file

Hi all,

I can't do an embedded preview of any Word file, not even the simplest, single-sentence one. The error message is "An error was encountered while previewing the file. Please check your MS Office installation".

My (genuine) MS Office (2016 Professional) installation seems perfectly fine. What might be the problem?

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  • Ah, never heard about that tricky detail in Office. Might explain something. So should I reinstall Office using "full install" option this time (provided that it is possible with my purchased license at all) and try again, or what? I got the Office from an online seller who e-mailed the license key to me. I don't have any CD for it, so I'm not sure about the procedure. There definitely was some sort of an installer - whether it was MSI or not I don't remember.

    The other preview options work fine, as mentioned before (maybe except for the buggy behavior in "Microsoft Word" preview option mentioned a few posts before). Even the embedded preview magically worked one day, and then failed again the next day.
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