RE: Extracting copied-in graphics from documents

2008-05-02 Thread Pinkham, Jim
For the latter task, Geofrrey, I'd recommend you consult Extracting Images Embedded in Word Documents by Lyn Eggleston: http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/aboutgraphics/ss/extractword.htm. For the former, one of the accomplishments of Bruce Foster's Archive Plug-In is the ability to pull graphics

RE: Extracting copied-in graphics from documents

2008-05-02 Thread Phil Heron
Hi Geoffrey, I'm not an expert on graphics but I've had success in the past using the Save as HTML function in both Frame and Word. Taking this option saves each image as a graphic file. In Frame, you can choose between GIF, JPEG and PNG as the graphic format. Specify which one to use on the

Re: Extracting copied-in graphics from documents

2008-05-02 Thread Joel Wilhelm
I would just use SnagIt from TechSmith and take new pictures from the Word docs. Joel On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Phil Heron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Geoffrey, I'm not an expert on graphics but I've had success in the past using the Save as HTML function in both Frame and Word.

Re: Extracting copied-in graphics from documents

2008-05-02 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Fri, 2 May 2008 10:02:25 +1000, Geoffrey Marnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A posting some weeks ago mentioned a utility that could extract graphics copied into FM files and restore them in their original format. I should have been paying more attention at the time, but can someone remind me

Re: Extracting copied-in graphics from documents

2008-05-02 Thread Dennis Brunnenmeyer
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

Re: Extracting copied-in graphics from documents

2008-05-02 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Fri, 02 May 2008 13:45:07 -0700, Dennis Brunnenmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: Extracting copied-in graphics from documents

2008-05-02 Thread Mike Wickham
A posting some weeks ago mentioned a utility that could extract graphics copied into FM files and restore them in their original format. I should have been paying more attention at the time, but can someone remind me what that utility is called? (I'm hoping it can do a better job than

Re: Extracting copied-in graphics from documents

2008-05-02 Thread Dennis Brunnenmeyer
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