Mac Forum / Applications / Word / February 2007

On Feb 27, 10:50 am, l...@comcast.net wrote:

I know these 2 options:
1. to do it manually - select the image >mouse click with holding down
CTRL key and in contextual menu choose save as picture

2. Save the file as webpage - this will create html text (which you
can ignore at this point) but extract all the images into separate
folder
Go to preferences>general>web option pictures to control how your
images should be exported

However, do not expect to get high-quality images from word. If the
images have been  inserted into word and then you want to extract then
you will loose quality. The best idea is to keep the originals images
together with your word document. If you can as your client to support
you all the images he/she has inserted into word it would be the best
way, if not, you have to use either of above bearing in mind some data
loose.

Extracting graphics from Word has always been a little bit of a knack :-)

A lot depends upon what format the image is.  The original graphics file is
embedded in the document.  However, Word automatically re-sizes the image
(and also allows the user to stretch it).

Even so, the original image is embedded in the file.  But getting it out can
be maddening.

One trick (apart from the ones mentioned already) is to set the image to
"100 per cent size" before you attempt to get it out.  If you do that, and
then COPY, then go to a graphics program and do a Paste>Special, you should
get out all of the bits that the original contained.

If you copy the image in the Word file while it is at anything other than
100 per cent of its size, what you will copy is Word's "Display Image" which
is similar to a placable header: it's at very low resolution.

When you re-size, choose "100 per cent".  Do not try to set dimensions.
Word's dimensions and its percentages suffer from rounding errors.  If you
try to specify the original dimension (even if you know it) it will be out
by a few pixels, causing pixelation of the copied result.

As well as the trick mentioned by Little Creature, it is sometimes worth
Copying into PowerPoint.  PowerPoint allows you to save the slide out as a
separate image, and you get to specify the resolution when you do that.

If you attempt to "Import" the Word file into PowerPoint, PowerPoint will
try to get hold of the original image without suffering sizing or pixelation
problems.  It will make a mess of the text, but you may get the pictures out
cleanly.

Failing that, the strategy Bob suggested is best :-)

Cheers

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