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Subject:Converting embedded Word Images? From:Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>, b -dot- hennessey -at- att -dot- net Date:Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:39:13 -0400
Bobbi wondered: <<... if anyone has had any success in copying .bmp
from Word docs into an eps file that is editable? The .bmp files are
embedded, not referenced and I do not have access to the original
art.... I want to be able to make edits to the original picture (line
art) and resave as an eps file.>>
The optimal solution, of course, is to ask for access to the original
art. That would save you an enormous amount of grief. Once converted
into bitmaps, you can't edit them in any useful way (e.g., correct
typos).
I'm not sure why you want EPS; a .bmp file has lost all the information
that would allow you to edit (for example) text and lines, and you'd
have to use a bitmap editor such as Photoshop. Given that this is the
case, any bitmap format would work; EPS offers no advantages that I'm
familiar with.
Word is kind like a roach hotel for graphics: once they check in, they
never leave. <g> Depending on your version of Word and what operating
system you're using, you can sometimes get useful versions of the files
by exporting the file (or "save as") to HTML. This extracts the
graphics fairly painlessly (as .GIF files, I believe). But it doesn't
always work.
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