How can I "export" a drawing or graphic from a Word document?

[Carl]

Sometimes I create an object in Word using the drawing tools, Word Art, etc. I can use "Paste Special" to convert it to what I assume is some standard metafile graphic (preferred option), or other available paste options (GIF, PNG, etc). How can I remove this object from the Word document so I have a graphic file instead of a graphic trapped in a Word document?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See the following page on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website:

http://www.gmayor.com/extract_images_from_word.htm

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Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP

Sometimes I create an object in Word using the drawing tools, Word Art,

etc. I can use "Paste Special" to convert it to what I assume is some
standard metafile graphic (preferred option), or other available paste
options (GIF, PNG, etc). How can I remove this object from the Word
document so I have a graphic file instead of a graphic trapped in a Word
document?

 

[Carl]

Thanks. I was not aware of that option. I had tried the "save as web page" trick before, but the result was almost always too horrible to look at. Increasing those settings gives me an output that I can actually use for some things

But is there any hope of retrieving my drawing object as any kind of more durable line-based file? I pasted an .eps object into word and when I edit it, Word converts it into its own drawing object. Someone enlightened me about the "paste special" to turn it into a "metafile" object, and it behaves more like the original, but it is still "trapped." I would like to retrieve it in some form that could later be edited with an advanced graphics program as a line-based object (instead of a picture)

Thanks
Car

-------Original Message------
See the following page on fellow MVP Graham Mayor's website

http://www.gmayor.com/extract_images_from_word.ht

--
Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for th
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarde
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis

Hope this help
Doug Robbins - Word MV

Sometimes I create an object in Word using the drawing tools, Word Art

etc. I can use "Paste Special" to convert it to what I assume is som
standard metafile graphic (preferred option), or other available past
options (GIF, PNG, etc). How can I remove this object from the Wor
document so I have a graphic file instead of a graphic trapped in a Wor
document?

 

[Stephen Lebans]

See:
http://www.lebans.com/msword.htm
Word.zip contains code to allow the user to extract embedded Images at
original size and resolution.
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HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.

Thanks. I was not aware of that option. I had tried the "save as web

page" trick before, but the result was almost always too horrible to
look at. Increasing those settings gives me an output that I can
actually use for some things.

But is there any hope of retrieving my drawing object as any kind of

more durable line-based file? I pasted an .eps object into word and
when I edit it, Word converts it into its own drawing object. Someone
enlightened me about the "paste special" to turn it into a "metafile"
object, and it behaves more like the original, but it is still
"trapped." I would like to retrieve it in some form that could later be
edited with an advanced graphics program as a line-based object (instead
of a picture).

 

[Carl]

Thanks. It looks a little beyond my level.

Say, what is this folder in my Temp directory supposed to be?
"msohtml1"