Capturing graphics embedded in Word?

Subject: Capturing graphics embedded in Word?
From: Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 09:33:06 -0500


Richard Lippincott wondered: <<We get Word documents from a vendor. These docs typically run a few hundred pages and contain a hundred or so illustrations.>>

The simplest solution is to negotiate a file-naming convention with the vendor and ask them to send you the original graphic files separate from the Word file; you may even be able to convince them to link to the graphics rather than embedding them. This provides maximum flexibility for everyone--including the vendor, though they may not yet know this.

<<What we want to do is convert the Word docs to SGML for use in Arbortext Epic. Due to a way that the vendor embedded the graphic files, it's causing Epic to choke on the conversion. We need to pull out the graphics..>>

Can't help with Arbortext, but in general (with a few unfortunate exceptions), using Word's HTML export features (e.g., File-->Save As Web Page) will strip out the graphics and save them in an appropriate format (e.g., GIF). Because you're converting from one format (Word's internal representation of the graphic) to another, there's always the risk that you'll lose some quality, which is why it's better to store originals of all graphics outside Word.

--Geoff Hart ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca
(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)
www.geoff-hart.com


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References:
Capturing Graphics Embedded in Word: From: Lippincott Richard J Contr ESC/NI

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