RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-06 Thread Tim J. Slager
: Thursday, July 01, 2010 9:25 AM To: Pat Christenson; Pinkham, Jim Cc: Frame Users Subject: RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word Does anyone remember Microsoft Photo Editor. Trying to get photos, screen captures, any graphic out of Word using everything I have learned over 16 years being

Re: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-06 Thread Gaghan, Steven P.
Hi All, Another way to get the graphics involves using Word 2007. 1. Create a copy of the file saving it using the .docx extension. 2. Go to the folder where you saved the docx. 3. Change the file extension from .docx to .zip. For example, sample.docx would become sample.zip.

RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-01 Thread Richard Melanson
-Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Pat Christenson Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 10:36 PM To: Pinkham, Jim Cc: Frame Users Subject: Re: Extracting embedded graphics from Word Hi all - I just found out that client

Re: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-01 Thread David Creamer
I have approximately 2000 pages to convert from Word to Frame. The graphics are embedded but the client wants them imported by reference in Frame. I tried extracting them from Word by saving a file as HTML but the graphics became blurry and unusable. They look fine when I open the Word file

Re: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-01 Thread Alan T Litchfield
Daid, You're a gem :) That is going to save me s much time in future. Oh, and I opened an old document (pre-2003 in Word 97 format), saved it in docx and the images were preserved in accordance with your process below. :D Alan On 2/07/2010, at 8:53 AM, David Creamer wrote: If the

RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-07-01 Thread Richard Melanson
: Re: Extracting embedded graphics from Word Daid, You're a gem :) That is going to save me s much time in future. Oh, and I opened an old document (pre-2003 in Word 97 format), saved it in docx and the images were preserved in accordance with your process below. :D Alan On 2/07/2010, at 8:53

RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-06-30 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Hi, Pat, This comes up periodically on the list and a search of the archives will offer more details. There's a how-to article by Lyn Eggleston that I've found often useful. I've mentioned it before and will send to you off-list. Jim -Original Message- From:

RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-06-30 Thread Owen, Clint
Pat, The best way I have found to do this is to print the Word document to PDF, then use Acrobat to extract the applicable pages and crop away everything except the graphics you need. Then the PDF becomes your source file for the graphics. This works no matter what the original graphic format was

RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-06-30 Thread Combs, Richard
Pat Christenson wrote: I have approximately 2000 pages to convert from Word to Frame. The graphics are embedded but the client wants them imported by reference in Frame. I tried extracting them from Word by saving a file as HTML but the graphics became blurry and unusable. They look fine

RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-06-30 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Pat, I have done several FrameScript scripts over the years to do this. The process depends on how much control you need over the graphic file names. For example, here is the workflow we used on one project: 1) The client imported the Word documents into FrameMaker. 2) The client used a

RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-06-30 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Cc: Pat Christenson Subject: RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word Pat, The best way I have found to do this is to print the Word document to PDF, then use Acrobat to extract the applicable pages and crop away everything except the graphics you need. Then the PDF becomes your source file

RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-06-30 Thread Owen, Clint
Users Cc: Pat Christenson Subject: RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word Pat, The best way I have found to do this is to print the Word document to PDF, then use Acrobat to extract the applicable pages and crop away everything except the graphics you need. Then the PDF becomes your source file

Re: Extracting embedded graphics from Word

2010-06-30 Thread Pat Christenson
image quality. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Owen, Clint Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:22 PM To: Frame Users Cc: Pat Christenson Subject: RE: Extracting embedded graphics from Word Pat, The best