How to extract an image from a Word Document?

[Richard Speiss]

Many years ago I created a graphic logo in Harvard Draw 1.0 and brought it
into a Word Document. The source file has been long lost so I only have my
Word documents to work with. I really don't know anymore what the original
format was. (Harvard Draw was an early vector graphics program)

This image doesn't display well in Word but it always prints fine. I want
to extract the logo out of the document and use it in creating a business
card (One of the other problems is that I don't know what the font is
anymore or else I would just recreate the image in a different application.
I can't find it anywhere but I really like it). Anyway, if I just select
the image and use Ctrl-C and Ctrl-P to paste it into an graphics editing
application the quality of the image is abysmal.

I tried saving my document as HTML in hopes that it would break out the
image but after I do that my image no longer appears in the visible document
and I can't find any readable file that corresponds to my graphic.

So, is there a way to extract an image from a Word document with all details
intact? If so, how can I do so?

Many thanks

Richard Speiss

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You've done the right thing (see
http://www.gmayor.com/extract_images_from_word.htm). The graphic file
created should be either in the same folder as the HTML document or in a
subfolder name <filename>_files (depending on the Tools | Options settings
that govern this), but you *won't* see the file (it will probably be a GIF,
probably named image001.gif) unless you have "Files of type" set to All
Files.

 

[Richard Speiss]

Okay, the files come out with an extension of .wmz which my computer seems
to think is a Windows Media Skin Package and my Photo Editor doesn't
recognize the extension. Do you know what this format could be?

Many thanks

Richard Speiss

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Richard,

See if using File=>Save As Web Page-Filtered helps.
The .wmz in this case is a zip file containing the
graphics that can't be displayed in a browser and
are being preserved to 'roundtrip' a web document back
into a Word .doc document.

Also check the settings in Tools=>Options=>General=>Web Options
to turn off 'rely on VML'.

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Okay, the files come out with an extension of .wmz which my computer seems
to think is a Windows Media Skin Package and my Photo Editor doesn't
recognize the extension. Do you know what this format could be?

Many thanks

Richard Speiss >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

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[Richard Speiss]

I don't see a Filtered option.
I should mention that I am using Word 2000 just in case that makes a
difference

Thanks

Richard

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Richard,

Yes, using Word 2000 does make a difference. There is an
add in for that version that lets you save from in Word as
'compact' html or from the Start=>Programs Utility and batch
convert .doc files to HTML with various settings.
But even without the add-in from
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=209ADBEE-3FBD-482C-83B0-96FB79B74DED

you should be able to use File=>Web Page Preview or
File=>Save as Web page and to get a copy of the graphic
with the rely on VML setting off in Tools=>General=>[Web Options]

The features are built in with Word 2002 and 2003.


===
I don't see a Filtered option.
I should mention that I am using Word 2000 just in case that makes a
difference

Thanks

Richard >>

 

[Richard Speiss]

No, the Web Page Preview always removes the image so perhaps that is the
problem and the File Save As Web Page always puts the image into that .wmz
file.

I was doing some further reading on other utilities that I found and they
all seem to have some restrictions on how the image got placed into the
document in the first place and they don't seem to like my little picture at
all. At least the Word Save As Web Page saved it as a .wmz file so it
recognized it as some sort of insert but it couldn't figure out what to do
with it.

Now the trick is to get it out of the wmz file

Richard

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Richard,

If you can see the picture in your browser then there is also a copy
in a format other than .wmz. Check in your temp file folder
for subfolders (Start=>Run and type %temp% )
..wmz files are .zip files in this instance.

======
No, the Web Page Preview always removes the image so perhaps that is the
problem and the File Save As Web Page always puts the image into that .wmz
file.

I was doing some further reading on other utilities that I found and they
all seem to have some restrictions on how the image got placed into the
document in the first place and they don't seem to like my little picture at
all. At least the Word Save As Web Page saved it as a .wmz file so it
recognized it as some sort of insert but it couldn't figure out what to do
with it.

Now the trick is to get it out of the wmz file

Richard >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

U.S.: MS Sweepstakes & Office 2003 Contest/Trial Software
http://microsoftofficecontest.com

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

 

[Richard Speiss]

No, the image never displays in the browser. It also only shows up a
sqauare in Word. It does print fine though. That is the confusing part.

Richard

Hi Richard,

If you can see the picture in your browser then there is also a copy
in a format other than .wmz. Check in your temp file folder
for subfolders (Start=>Run and type %temp% )
.wmz files are .zip files in this instance.

======
No, the Web Page Preview always removes the image so perhaps that is the
problem and the File Save As Web Page always puts the image into that .wmz
file.

I was doing some further reading on other utilities that I found and they
all seem to have some restrictions on how the image got placed into the
document in the first place and they don't seem to like my little picture at
all. At least the Word Save As Web Page saved it as a .wmz file so it
recognized it as some sort of insert but it couldn't figure out what to do
with it.

Now the trick is to get it out of the wmz file

Richard >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

U.S.: MS Sweepstakes & Office 2003 Contest/Trial Software
http://microsoftofficecontest.com

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

Hi Richard,

Yes, using Word 2000 does make a difference. There is an
add in for that version that lets you save from in Word as
'compact' html or from the Start=>Programs Utility and batch
convert .doc files to HTML with various settings.
But even without the add-in from

http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=209ADBEE-3FBD-482C-83B0-96FB79B74DED

you should be able to use File=>Web Page Preview or
File=>Save as Web page and to get a copy of the graphic
with the rely on VML setting off in Tools=>General=>[Web Options]

The features are built in with Word 2002 and 2003.


===
I don't see a Filtered option.
I should mention that I am using Word 2000 just in case that makes a
difference

Thanks

Richard >>

 

[velazch]

Richard
I can't remember where I got this advice, I think it was from the MS site a couple years ago, but it still works
You must have MS Photo Editor and the image will become a bitmap if it is not already. The article said using MS Photo Editor was the only way to maintain the original resolution of the image. I know it looks a whole lot better than using PhotoShop
Select the image from your Word (or PowerPoint) document
Cop
Open MS Photo Edito
Edit>Paste as new imag

Depending on how the image was placed into Word, sometimes a right click on the image will give you Save Picture as... and you can save it as a tiff, bmp, png, etc. right from Word, then open it in PhotoShop

If the image is a vector, right click or double click will allow you to edit picture in the Word picture editor, but this will often distort the image
Velazch

 

[Richard Speiss]

I tried as you said and although I had the Paste as new image option in MS
Photo Editor nothing ever appeared. Darn, I thought I was so close.

Thanks for the info though.

Richard

Richard,
I can't remember where I got this advice, I think it was from the MS site

a couple years ago, but it still works:

You must have MS Photo Editor and the image will become a bitmap if it is

not already. The article said using MS Photo Editor was the only way to
maintain the original resolution of the image. I know it looks a whole lot
better than using PhotoShop.

Select the image from your Word (or PowerPoint) document.
Copy
Open MS Photo Editor
Edit>Paste as new image

Depending on how the image was placed into Word, sometimes a right click

on the image will give you Save Picture as... and you can save it as a tiff,
bmp, png, etc. right from Word, then open it in PhotoShop.

If the image is a vector, right click or double click will allow you to

edit picture in the Word picture editor, but this will often distort the
image.

 

[Richard Speiss]

Don't worry about it anymore. I found that I could edit the image in Word
and each component was a separate object. I could select one object at a
time and copy and paste it into Paint Shop Pro which asked me how big to
make it. I made each one about 20 times the original size and ended up with
decent looking images. After that was done I combined them all together
into the final logo again and resized it down to normal. I can't use it for
large posters but it should come out fine for a business card.

Thanks for your help

Richard Speiss

Richard,
I can't remember where I got this advice, I think it was from the MS site

a couple years ago, but it still works:

You must have MS Photo Editor and the image will become a bitmap if it is

not already. The article said using MS Photo Editor was the only way to
maintain the original resolution of the image. I know it looks a whole lot
better than using PhotoShop.

Select the image from your Word (or PowerPoint) document.
Copy
Open MS Photo Editor
Edit>Paste as new image

Depending on how the image was placed into Word, sometimes a right click

on the image will give you Save Picture as... and you can save it as a tiff,
bmp, png, etc. right from Word, then open it in PhotoShop.

If the image is a vector, right click or double click will allow you to

edit picture in the Word picture editor, but this will often distort the
image.

 

[Richard Speiss]

Don't worry about it anymore. I found that I could edit the image in Word
and each component was a separate object. I could select one object at a
time and copy and paste it into Paint Shop Pro which asked me how big to
make it. I made each one about 20 times the original size and ended up with
decent looking images. After that was done I combined them all together
into the final logo again and resized it down to normal. I can't use it for
large posters but it should come out fine for a business card.

Thanks for your help

Richard Speiss