File preview in Finder not available, only thumbnails. How to fix?

When selecting a file and clicking the space bar, I used to be able to get a preview of the file on the screen that allowed me to scroll through the file (I guess this uses a rendering engine of the application that supports the file format, e.g. MS Powerpoint or Word, so this is not an issue related to the Preview app). This is not available any more. When selecting a file in Finder in Mavericks and then hitting the space bar I only get a thumbnail of the file displayed, usually the first page of the file if it is a document. The preview facility as it was before is extremely useful.

I never knew of this feature with the space bar before. But I just tried it and it does open the selected document in a little preview window. Is this what you want to see?
When I pressed the space bar on this file, this window opened and I was able to scroll through the 3 or 4 pages worth. As you can see I have the option to open it in MS Word if I want to.
This is the same window that opens up when you click on "Quick Look". I don't recall if "Quick Look" is in the menu bar of the Finder Window by default. But if it's not, just right click on the menu bar of the Finder Window and add it to where ever you want it.
Also, see where it says View and gives me 4 options? I use the 3rd option as it gives me a smaller preview of the selected file.
Hope this helps.
KOT

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