Jeremy... You may very well be correct, especially with vector-based images. The document I was working with only had JPEG images of rather complex equipment. When I saved the document as HTML, the original, uncropped high-resolution JPEGs were there for the taking.
Since the client did not have the originals, this seemed like manna from heaven. Dennis... ************************************************************ At 05:24 PM 5/2/2008, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: >On Fri, 02 May 2008 13:45:07 -0700, Dennis Brunnenmeyer ><dennisb at chronometrics.com> wrote: > > >As far as I know, the previous suggestion of simply saving the Word > >file as in HTML format is as simple and as *accurate* as you can get. > >I can't imagine why one would need a third-party utility or a screen > >shot application to do this, but then my imagination is limited to > >personal experiences. Try it. > >LOL! For many purposes, the save-as-HTML method may be adequate. >But it *is* more-or-less lossy, compared to the internal WMF Word >retains, depending on the original format of the image. > >For vector images imported into Word, the loss is major, as the >vector elements (such as equations, for example) are converted >to bitmaps (GIF or JPEG) as part of the save-as-HTML process. >Text becomes fuzzy, thin lines break up, sharp edges lose some >definition. > >For images that were originally bitmaps, the loss comes from the >resampling Word does when creating the output bitmaps at screen >resolution. If the original was also at screen resolution, the >resampling errors may have only minor consequences (text harder >to read), but if it was at print resolution, the loss is worse >(from 300dpi down to 96dpi), resulting in ugly printed images. > >All that can be avoided by extracting the internal WMF images >(which can include both bitmap and vector components) from >the Word RTF file directly. That's what exwmf.exe does. And >since it is fully functional in the demo version of Mif2Go, at: > http://www.omsys.com/dcl/download.htm >it is *free*, with our blessings. What's not to like? ;-) > >-- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. > <jeremy at omsys.com> http://www.omsys.com/ Dennis Brunnenmeyer Director of Engineering CEDAR RIDGE SYSTEMS 15019 Rattlesnake Road Grass Valley, CA 95945-8710 Office: (530) 477-9015 Fax: (530) 477-9085 Mobile: (530) 320-9025 eMail: dennisb /at/ chronometrics /dot/ com