Extracting embedded graphics from Word

[Pat Christenson]

Hi all -

I just found out that client is going to make the writers recapture  
all the screens so I'm off the hook. Thanks for all the helpful info!

Pat

On Jun 30, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Pinkham, Jim wrote:

> It's always a last-ditch optioin, but it risks a sometimes harsh  
> cost in
> compromised image quality.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at 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 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 or how they got into Word.
>
> Clint
>
>
> Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace & Electronics | +1
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Pat
> Christenson
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 1:09 PM
> To: Frame Users
> Subject: Extracting embedded graphics from Word
>
> Hi -
>
> 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 in Frame.
>
> Is there a way to extract graphics from Word without losing quality?
> Or a utility that converts embedded graphics in Frame into imported-
> by-reference?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Pat Christenson
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