images in a word doc

[Hugh Watkins]

how can you extract embedded images from a .doc or an email ?

A discussion on
save as html?
then on PC i used irfan view to organise the picture scraps


but under mac OS 10.4.7
how do you make them into jpg for web use?

Hugh W

 

[Elliott Roper]

how can you extract embedded images from a .doc or an email ?

A discussion on
save as html?
then on PC i used irfan view to organise the picture scraps


but under mac OS 10.4.7
how do you make them into jpg for web use?

If you only want one or two, it is simpler to copy each image from
Word and then, using Preview.app, create from clipboard (cmd-N) You can
save as anything mostly, including jpg.

It is a little bit easier than that with GraphicConverter instead of
preview. (In Word select, cmd-C. In GC cmd-J) There you can play with
it to get it perfectly ready for the web or mail.

If you want to grab hundreds of pictures automatically, saving html
then using some piece of web scavenging magic might be the right way.

If it is the latter, ask again. It is an interesting question and worth
a bit of effort to find an answer for myself. I just need a bit of
motivation. ;-)

 

[Hugh Watkins]

If you only want one or two, it is simpler to copy each image from
Word and then, using Preview.app, create from clipboard (cmd-N) You can
save as anything mostly, including jpg.

It is a little bit easier than that with GraphicConverter instead of
preview. (In Word select, cmd-C. In GC cmd-J) There you can play with
it to get it perfectly ready for the web or mail.

If you want to grab hundreds of pictures automatically, saving html
then using some piece of web scavenging magic might be the right way.

If it is the latter, ask again. It is an interesting question and worth
a bit of effort to find an answer for myself. I just need a bit of
motivation. ;-)

thank you

and thank you for reminding me to get graphic converter again
OP says can't do it with photoshop
but i bet cmd n works there too

obviously you could write a script for any mass job

like in the old QuickKeys days

Hugh W

 

[Elliott Roper]

thank you

and thank you for reminding me to get graphic converter again
OP says can't do it with photoshop
but i bet cmd n works there too

Not quite, but it is not very hard.
cmd-N with "preset from clipboard" chosen creates a new image frame the
same size as the one in the clipboard, but empty. Then you say cmd-V

I think Homer might say "Doh!"

obviously you could write a script for any mass job

That's what makes it interesting, the small value of "obviously".

It wasn't till I hit "send" that I realised how easy it was.
Saving as HTML creates a folder with all the images already separated
out. Of course Word screws around with the size and resolution. It *is*
Word after all, and there is no way you can persuade it to leave your
goddamn images alone. There may be some relief in the options... dialog
when you get to save as html. You get a chance to say how many ppi you
want the images to be. I lost the will to live before experimenting too
far with that. ;-)

 

[Jim Gordon]

Hi Hugh,

In Word: control-click on a picture and choose Save As Picture from the
pop-up menu. Choose from a variety of formats.

In Entourage click the disclosure triangle for attachments. Select one
or more picture attachments and click the Save button.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

 

[Hugh Watkins]

Hi Hugh,

In Word: control-click on a picture and choose Save As Picture from the
pop-up menu. Choose from a variety of formats.

In Entourage click the disclosure triangle for attachments. Select one
or more picture attachments and click the Save button.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

thanks

but I am not the original enquirer

Hughh W

 

[Henri Arsenault]

Use the "hidden" command shift-cntr-cmd-4 command to get a cursor that
allows you to select any rectangle on the screen. Select the part of the
picture that you want,and it will be saved on the clipboard as a jpg
picture. Paste it anywhere you want.

I use this all the time to paste pictures resulting from Matlab programs
into Word reports.

henri

 

[Elliott Roper]

Use the "hidden" command shift-cntr-cmd-4 command to get a cursor that
allows you to select any rectangle on the screen. Select the part of the
picture that you want,and it will be saved on the clipboard as a jpg
picture. Paste it anywhere you want.

I use this all the time to paste pictures resulting from Matlab programs
into Word reports.

Yes, that is an excellent trick. How did you convince your grabber to
give you .jpg instead of .pict images? I have been using
GraphicConverter as a halfway step to get the picture into the right
format.

 

[WJ Shack]

In OS 10.4 you can set the format in Terminal

launch Terminal use one of the commands


defaults write com.apple.screencapture type pdf
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type png
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type tif

You have to restart (or at least log out) for it to take effect

 

[Elliott Roper]

In OS 10.4 you can set the format in Terminal

launch Terminal use one of the commands


defaults write com.apple.screencapture type pdf
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type png
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type tif

You have to restart (or at least log out) for it to take effect

Neat!

That's why I like this group.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Thanks! Very useful.

In OS 10.4 you can set the format in Terminal

launch Terminal use one of the commands


defaults write com.apple.screencapture type pdf
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type png
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type jpg
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type tif

You have to restart (or at least log out) for it to take effect

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Ditto!

Beth

Thanks! Very useful.

 

[CyberTaz]

And to think - All this time I've been just using the OS X utility Grab
(captures as TIFF), then pasting into Word & Save As jpeg (or whatever) or
printing directly to PDF:>=

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac