Re: Extracting art from Word docs
Hi Tom, That's a good question, managing images is very important. For a long time it's possible to manage images in FrameMaker by referencing copied graphics, exporting images to a folder, or doing book transfers and selecting a folder for the graphics. Today we also manage graphics between FrameMaker, Bridge, Photoshop and Illustrator to change quality or file format with ExtendedScripts. If you have many Word files with images, I would suggest you go the following way: 1. Open the Word file with FrameMaker - The images will be imported as copied images 2. Take the TOOLBOX/FINALYSER feature Export copied Graphics - All images will be referenced 3. Use book transfer to sort and re-organize your referenced files in separate folders 4. If you like to change the file format user the FINALYSER ExtendedScripts Send me a Word file if you like and I will create a re-organized FrameMaker file with a folder of the graphics for you. - Maike ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Extracting art from Word docs
Again, Marguerite, this is why I recommend the technique outlined in Lyn Eggleston's article: http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/aboutgraphics/ss/extractword.htm. I have Word 2003 and Corel Draw at the office, and this approach yields good results, preserving the resolution of the source files that were placed in the Word docs. Jim From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Marguerite Krupp Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 7:03 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com; Fred Ridder Subject: RE: Extracting art from Word docs Thanks for the good advice, Fred! I'm with you on all but the last point. Unfortunately, this is one of those legacy docs that has a long and checkered history. It was originally done in PageMaker 6.5, and it was only through a series of gyrations and extractions that I got a Word doc at all. No source art files, nobody left to tell the tale! I tried changing the extension, but I have only Word 2003 at work, and WinZip wouldn't buy it. Will have to try it at home with a more recent version, but I do see your point. Will try more maneuvers tomorrow. This list is such a great resource! You've saved me enormous amounts of work so many times! Thanks again, Marguerite --- On Mon, 3/28/11, Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: Extracting art from Word docs To: mkrupp...@yahoo.com, framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Monday, March 28, 2011, 6:03 PM Marguerite Krupp wrote: Does the technique of changing the file extension to .zip require that the graphics be imported by reference, so they exist as separate files when unpacked? First, note that it is *not* necessary to change the filename extension. All that is necessary is to open it with a tool like WinZip that looks past the extension to see what's inside the file itself. Second, the word/media folder you will find inside the Word file will contain a graphic object for every graphic in the document whether it was pasted, inserted by reference, or embedded as an editable object. Graphics that are in a vector format (WMF, Visio objects, etc.) are in the word/media folder as .emf or .wmf objects, and raster graphics seem to be in .png format. I was just working on a document that had a mixture of pasted vector figures, pasted raster images, and embedded Visio drawing objects, and all of them were present in the word/media folder. Third, if the graphics were imported by reference you'd already have spearate external files for each one, so there seems to be little point in extracting another copy from the Word document. -Fred Ridder ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Extracting art from Word docs
Here a solution that David Creamer gave (http://www.IDEAStraining.com): "If the file is Word 2007 (and presumably 2010), you can make a copy of the file, change the extension from .docx to .zip. Uncompress the zip and the graphics (Word optimized and originals) will all be in a media folder. (This works for PowerPoint 2007 too.) I have not tried taking a Word 2003 file and saving it as 2007 to process this way, so I don't know if it will work or not." Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 3/28/2011 4:01 PM, Thomas Scalise wrote: Esteemed colleagues, A while back there was a technique noted on this forum for saving a Word (docx) document such that the art was automatically extracted into a separate folder from the text. Can anyone help me with this technique? We are converting a number of art-rich Word docs into our Frame templates and would very much like to have this technique in hand. Thanks in advance. Tom Scalise Information Development Manager Office (561) 622-5416 Fax (561) 622-9938 thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com This e-mail message from Cross Match Technologies, Inc. is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail by accident, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail and all copies of it. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as shmue...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/shmuelw1%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Extracting art from Word docs
I seem to remember something like renaming it as a zip file using the extractor to unpack the files? From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Scalise Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 10:02 AM To: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com' Subject: Extracting art from Word docs Esteemed colleagues, A while back there was a technique noted on this forum for saving a Word (docx) document such that the art was automatically extracted into a separate folder from the text. Can anyone help me with this technique? We are converting a number of art-rich Word docs into our Frame templates and would very much like to have this technique in hand. Thanks in advance. Tom Scalise Information Development Manager Office (561) 622-5416 Fax (561) 622-9938 thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com [cid:225572014@28032011-1D89]http://www.crossmatch.com/ This e-mail message from Cross Match Technologies, Inc. is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail by accident, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail and all copies of it. inline: image001.gif___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Extracting art from Word docs
Note that there's no particular reason why you need to make a copy of the file and change the extension. If you launch WinZip and choose Open, the dialog you see will display all file types (including .docx, .docm, and .dotx) by default. In other words, you can open the Word file directly from WinZip and then extract any of the content contained within the normally hidden folder structure. Extracting the graphics from the Word file does not change the contents of the Word file in any way. You'd have to explicitly delete (or add) files using the WinZip UI to change the file from Word's perspective; extract files is a completely non-destructive operation. -Fred Ridder Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:16:21 +0200 From: shmue...@gmail.com To: thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com Subject: Re: Extracting art from Word docs CC: framers@lists.frameusers.com Here a solution that David Creamer gave (http://www.IDEAStraining.com): If the file is Word 2007 (and presumably 2010), you can make a copy of the file, change the extension from .docx to .zip. Uncompress the zip and the graphics (Word optimized and originals) will all be in a media folder. (This works for PowerPoint 2007 too.) I have not tried taking a Word 2003 file and saving it as 2007 to process this way, so I don't know if it will work or not. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 3/28/2011 4:01 PM, Thomas Scalise wrote: Esteemed colleagues, A while back there was a technique noted on this forum for saving a Word (docx) document such that the art was automatically extracted into a separate folder from the text. Can anyone help me with this technique? We are converting a number of art-rich Word docs into our Frame templates and would very much like to have this technique in hand. Thanks in advance. Tom Scalise Information Development Manager Office (561) 622-5416 Fax (561) 622-9938 thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com This e-mail message from Cross Match Technologies, Inc. is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail by accident, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail and all copies of it. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as shmue...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/shmuelw1%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as docu...@hotmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/docudoc%40hotmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. attachment: ATT1___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Extracting art from Word docs
I use Microsoft Photo Editor. You can simply select the graphic you want, copy it and paste it into Photo Editor with no loss of quality and you also have multiple formats to save it as out of Photo Editor. I use this for Word XP, 2003, and 2007. Hope this helps. Rick From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Coatsworth Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 10:22 AM To: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com' Subject: RE: Extracting art from Word docs I seem to remember something like renaming it as a zip file using the extractor to unpack the files? From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Scalise Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 10:02 AM To: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com' Subject: Extracting art from Word docs Esteemed colleagues, A while back there was a technique noted on this forum for saving a Word (docx) document such that the art was automatically extracted into a separate folder from the text. Can anyone help me with this technique? We are converting a number of art-rich Word docs into our Frame templates and would very much like to have this technique in hand. Thanks in advance. Tom Scalise Information Development Manager Office (561) 622-5416 Fax (561) 622-9938 thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com http://www.crossmatch.com/ This e-mail message from Cross Match Technologies, Inc. is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail by accident, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail and all copies of it. -- image001.gif___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Extracting art from Word docs
I've found Lyn Eggleston's advice helpful also, particularly with our Word 2003 docs: Extracting Images Embedded in Word Documents http://http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/aboutgraphics/ss/extractword.ht m or ( http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/aboutgraphics/ss/extractword.htm). From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Scalise Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 9:02 AM To: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com' Subject: Extracting art from Word docs Esteemed colleagues, A while back there was a technique noted on this forum for saving a Word (docx) document such that the art was automatically extracted into a separate folder from the text. Can anyone help me with this technique? We are converting a number of art-rich Word docs into our Frame templates and would very much like to have this technique in hand. Thanks in advance. Tom Scalise Information Development Manager Office (561) 622-5416 Fax (561) 622-9938 thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com http://www.crossmatch.com/ This e-mail message from Cross Match Technologies, Inc. is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail by accident, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail and all copies of it. -- image001.gif___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Extracting art from Word docs
It's very simple. When saving, select Save As... And select .html. Scott On Mar 28, 2011, at 9:01, Thomas Scalise thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com wrote: Esteemed colleagues, A while back there was a technique noted on this forum for saving a Word (docx) document such that the art was automatically extracted into a separate folder from the text. Can anyone help me with this technique? We are converting a number of art-rich Word docs into our Frame templates and would very much like to have this technique in hand. Thanks in advance. Tom Scalise Information Development Manager Office (561) 622-5416 Fax (561) 622-9938 thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com image001.gif This e-mail message from Cross Match Technologies, Inc. is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail by accident, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail and all copies of it. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as qui...@airmail.net. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/quills%40airmail.net Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Extracting art from Word docs
Hi Thomas, I've had to do this on a number of occasions and the method I prefer is to save the Word doc as an HTML file. Word then creates a separate folder where it places all the images, both re-scaled for web and original imported size. So mind which ones you choose. Bernard Gagne From: Thomas Scalise thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com To: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com' framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 10:01:52 AM Subject: Extracting art from Word docs Esteemed colleagues, A while back there was a technique noted on this forum for saving a Word (docx) document such that the art was automatically extracted into a separate folder from the text. Can anyone help me with this technique? We are converting a number of art-rich Word docs into our Frame templates and would very much like to have this technique in hand. Thanks in advance. Tom Scalise Information Development Manager Office (561) 622-5416 Fax (561) 622-9938 thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Extracting art from Word docs
Save the doc as a Web page. This produces a folder full of all the images. Regards, Ant From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Scalise Sent: 28 March 2011 15:02 To: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com' Subject: Extracting art from Word docs Esteemed colleagues, A while back there was a technique noted on this forum for saving a Word (docx) document such that the art was automatically extracted into a separate folder from the text. Can anyone help me with this technique? We are converting a number of art-rich Word docs into our Frame templates and would very much like to have this technique in hand. Thanks in advance. Tom Scalise Information Development Manager Office (561) 622-5416 Fax (561) 622-9938 thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com [cid:image001.gif@01CBED5E.8F907970]http://www.crossmatch.com/ This e-mail message from Cross Match Technologies, Inc. is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail by accident, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail and all copies of it. __ Your attention is drawn to the fact that this email originated from a source external to the company. Monitoring of email is taking place for reasons as stipulated under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ _ The content of this email (and any attachment) is confidential. It may also be legally privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. This email should not be used by anyone who is not an original intended recipient, nor may it be copied or disclosed to anyone who is not an original intended recipient. If you have received this email by mistake please notify us by emailing the sender, and then delete the email and any copies from your system. Liability cannot be accepted for statements made which are clearly the senders own and not made on behalf of the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB). This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __inline: image001.gif___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Extracting art from Word docs
Wish I'd known about this about a month ago!Two questions:Does the technique of changing the file extension to .zip require that the graphics be imported by reference, so they exist as separate files when unpacked?Using the MS Photo Editor, I get 96dpi files (IOW, screen captures), which are not adequate for my purposes.Thanks,Marguerite--- On Mon, 3/28/11, Richard Melanson rmelan...@spirecorp.com wrote:From: Richard Melanson rmelan...@spirecorp.comSubject: RE: Extracting art from Word docsTo: "Jeff Coatsworth" jeff.coatswo...@jonassoftware.com, framers@lists.frameusers.comDate: Monday, March 28, 2011, 10:31 AM I use Microsoft Photo Editor. You can simply select the graphic you want, copy it and paste it into Photo Editor with no loss of quality and you also have multiple formats to save it as out of Photo Editor. I use this for Word XP, 2003, and 2007. Hope this helps. Rick From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeff CoatsworthSent: Monday, March 28, 2011 10:22 AMTo: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com'Subject: RE: Extracting art from Word docs I seem to remember something like renaming it as a zip file using the extractor to unpack the files? From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Thomas ScaliseSent: Monday, March 28, 2011 10:02 AMTo: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com'Subject: Extracting art from Word docs Esteemed colleagues, A while back there was a technique noted on this forum for saving a Word (docx) document such that the art was automatically extracted into a separate folder from the text. Can anyone help me with this technique? We are converting a number of art-rich Word docs into our Frame templates and would very much like to have this technique in hand. Thanks in advance. Tom Scalise Information Development Manager Office (561) 622-5416 Fax (561) 622-9938 thomas.scal...@crossmatch.com This e-mail message from Cross Match Technologies, Inc. is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail by accident, please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail and all copies of it. -Inline Attachment Follows-___You are currently subscribed to framers as mkrupp...@yahoo.com.Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com.To unsubscribe send a blank email toframers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.comor visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/mkrupp128%40yahoo.comSend administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visithttp://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
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RE: Extracting art from Word docs
Marguerite Krupp wrote: Does the technique of changing the file extension to .zip require that the graphics be imported by reference, so they exist as separate files when unpacked? First, note that it is *not* necessary to change the filename extension. All that is necessary is to open it with a tool like WinZip that looks past the extension to see what's inside the file itself. Second, the word/media folder you will find inside the Word file will contain a graphic object for every graphic in the document whether it was pasted, inserted by reference, or embedded as an editable object. Graphics that are in a vector format (WMF, Visio objects, etc.) are in the word/media folder as .emf or .wmf objects, and raster graphics seem to be in .png format. I was just working on a document that had a mixture of pasted vector figures, pasted raster images, and embedded Visio drawing objects, and all of them were present in the word/media folder. Third, if the graphics were imported by reference you'd already have spearate external files for each one, so there seems to be little point in extracting another copy from the Word document. -Fred Ridder ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Extracting art from Word docs
The WinZip technique only works for the new Microsoft Word formats (.docx, .docm, .dotx rather than .doc and .dot) that were introduced in Office 2007 and continued in Office 2010. These file formats all contain a collection of XML text files and graphics objects that have been zipped into a single wrapper. Word 2003 was still the era of the monolithic binary file format and Word 2003 files *cannot* be opened with WinZip regardless of the filename extension. If you open a Word 2003 .doc file in Word 2007 or Word 2010 it will initially keep the file in compatibility mode, which is not the zip-type file. Even if you specifically save it in Word 2007 .docx format , it will not necessarily handle the graphics the same was as if it were a native Word 2007 file. All of which leaves you with the other two methods of extracting graphics if you are starting with a Word 2003 or older file. -Fred Ridder Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:02:31 -0700 From: mkrupp...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: Extracting art from Word docs To: framers@lists.frameusers.com; docu...@hotmail.com Thanks for the good advice, Fred! I'm with you on all but the last point. Unfortunately, this is one of those legacy docs that has a long and checkered history. It was originally done in PageMaker 6.5, and it was only through a series of gyrations and extractions that I got a Word doc at all. No source art files, nobody left to tell the tale! I tried changing the extension, but I have only Word 2003 at work, and WinZip wouldn't buy it. Will have to try it at home with a more recent version, but I do see your point. Will try more maneuvers tomorrow. This list is such a great resource! You've saved me enormous amounts of work so many times! Thanks again, Marguerite --- On Mon, 3/28/11, Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: Extracting art from Word docs To: mkrupp...@yahoo.com, framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Monday, March 28, 2011, 6:03 PM Marguerite Krupp wrote: Does the technique of changing the file extension to .zip require that the graphics be imported by reference, so they exist as separate files when unpacked? First, note that it is *not* necessary to change the filename extension. All that is necessary is to open it with a tool like WinZip that looks past the extension to see what's inside the file itself. Second, the word/media folder you will find inside the Word file will contain a graphic object for every graphic in the document whether it was pasted, inserted by reference, or embedded as an editable object. Graphics that are in a vector format (WMF, Visio objects, etc.) are in the word/media folder as .emf or .wmf objects, and raster graphics seem to be in .png format. I was just working on a document that had a mixture of pasted vector figures, pasted raster images, and embedded Visio drawing objects, and all of them were present in the word/media folder. Third, if the graphics were imported by reference you'd already have spearate external files for each one, so there seems to be little point in extracting another copy from the Word document. -Fred Ridder ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Extracting art from Word docs
Thanks for the good advice, Fred! I'm with you on all but the last point. Unfortunately, this is one of those legacy docs that has a long and checkered history. It was originally done in PageMaker 6.5, and it was only through a series of gyrations and extractions that I got a Word doc at all. No source art files, nobody left to tell the tale! I tried changing the extension, but I have only Word 2003 at work, and WinZip wouldn't buy it. Will have to try it at home with a more recent version, but I do see your point. Will try more maneuvers tomorrow. This list is such a great resource! You've saved me enormous amounts of work so many times! Thanks again, Marguerite --- On Mon, 3/28/11, Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: Extracting art from Word docs To: mkrupp...@yahoo.com, framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Monday, March 28, 2011, 6:03 PM Marguerite Krupp wrote: Does the technique of changing the file extension to .zip require that the graphics be imported by reference, so they exist as separate files when unpacked? First, note that it is *not* necessary to change the filename extension. All that is necessary is to open it with a tool like WinZip that looks past the extension to see what's inside the file itself. Second, the word/media folder you will find inside the Word file will contain a graphic object for every graphic in the document whether it was pasted, inserted by reference, or embedded as an editable object. Graphics that are in a vector format (WMF, Visio objects, etc.) are in the word/media folder as .emf or .wmf objects, and raster graphics seem to be in .png format. I was just working on a document that had a mixture of pasted vector figures, pasted raster images, and embedded Visio drawing objects, and all of them were present in the word/media folder. Third, if the graphics were imported by reference you'd already have spearate external files for each one, so there seems to be little point in extracting another copy from the Word document. -Fred Ridder ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Subject: RE: Extracting art from Word docs
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