On occasions when I ask somebody to send a scanned copy of a certificate they send it in a Word document. Whilst I can ask them to send it as an image file in many cases they simply don't know what they're doing so this is not always a solution. Does anybody know a method of copying the image from the Word doc whilst retaining its original quality, ie pixel size. You can tell in the Word doc that it is a high DPI image but getting it out of Word is the issue. When I change the File/Page setup to, for example A3, and then enlarge the image in Word to fit on the altered page size (and it looks good on-screen) if I then copy/paste to a graphics application sometimes only part of the certificate image is usually copied. Any hints, tip or thoughts appreciated. To date the best approach I've found is enlarging the page size in Word, enlarging the image in Word to suit the larger page and then printing the page as a PDF. Whilst this gives a significant saving in file size whilst still retaining a reasonable ability to zoom in where needed I would prefer to retain the image as an image file. -- Robert G. Eldridge Toronto NSW Australia http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~ddrge/ Now researching ELDRIDGE families world wide 1000's at my Web site * Wanted * Any Eldridge related information

Robert G. Eldridge wrote: > On occasions when I ask somebody to send a scanned copy of a > certificate they send it in a Word document. > > Whilst I can ask them to send it as an image file in many cases they > simply don't know what they're doing so this is not always a solution. > > Does anybody know a method of copying the image from the Word doc > whilst retaining its original quality, ie pixel size. You can tell in > the Word doc that it is a high DPI image but getting it out of Word is > the issue. > > When I change the File/Page setup to, for example A3, and then enlarge > the image in Word to fit on the altered page size (and it looks good > on-screen) if I then copy/paste to a graphics application sometimes > only part of the certificate image is usually copied. > > Any hints, tip or thoughts appreciated. > > To date the best approach I've found is enlarging the page size in > Word, enlarging the image in Word to suit the larger page and then > printing the page as a PDF. Whilst this gives a significant saving in > file size whilst still retaining a reasonable ability to zoom in where > needed I would prefer to retain the image as an image file. In MS Word save as a web page the images will be in the folder individually also works with emails Hugh W -- For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

Robert G. Eldridge wrote: > On occasions when I ask somebody to send a scanned copy of a > certificate they send it in a Word document. > > Whilst I can ask them to send it as an image file in many cases they > simply don't know what they're doing so this is not always a solution. > > Does anybody know a method of copying the image from the Word doc > whilst retaining its original quality, ie pixel size. You can tell in > the Word doc that it is a high DPI image but getting it out of Word is > the issue. > > When I change the File/Page setup to, for example A3, and then enlarge > the image in Word to fit on the altered page size (and it looks good > on-screen) if I then copy/paste to a graphics application sometimes > only part of the certificate image is usually copied. > > Any hints, tip or thoughts appreciated. If the image is embedded in the document, then you can easily extract it using the following steps: 1. Open the Word document and locate the image. Click on the image and type Ctrl+C to copy it (or use the Copy option in the Edit menu). 2. Open the Paint application, which you can usually find under "Accessories" in the program list which appear when you click the Windows "Start" button at the bottom left of the screen. 3. In the Paint application window, type Ctrl+V to paste the image which you copied from Word (or use Paste in the Edit menu). You should now see the image in the Paint application window. You can save it as a BMP file (the default format in Paint) or as a JPEG or PNG, which may take less disk space. BMP and PNG formats retain the full detail of the original image, but at the cost of having a very large file, especially for a sheet of paper scanned at high resolution. JPEG files tend to be a lot smaller, which is important if you plan to email the image, for example, but with JPEG, you will lose a little of the fine detail. It's a trade-off. You can always save the image as a BMP, then save it again as a JPEG and compare the two to see whether the quality of ther JPEG version is acceptable for your purposes. If you plan to put the image on a web site, you will need to use either JPEG or PNG, since BMP is a proprietary Microsoft format which is not recognised by many non-Microsoft web browsers. Hope this helps. David Harper Cambridge, England

David Harper <devnull@obliquity.u-net.com> writes: [snip] > ...since BMP is a proprietary Microsoft format which is not > recognised by many non-Microsoft web browsers. You're certain about bitmap format is proprietary to M$? Bitmaps are the lowest form of image format and have been in use since Bill Gates was in diapers.

Robert: You lose quality (dpi) if you cut and paste from Word. A known trick is to save the file as a web page from within Word (most versions) and then locate the file for the image using Windows Explorer. William "Robert G. Eldridge" <robert.eldridge@hunterlink.net.au> wrote in message news:484qi3tda2fig1ictdt6a2f8m5r3k0dg8t@4ax.com... > On occasions when I ask somebody to send a scanned copy of a > certificate they send it in a Word document. > > Whilst I can ask them to send it as an image file in many cases they > simply don't know what they're doing so this is not always a solution. > > Does anybody know a method of copying the image from the Word doc > whilst retaining its original quality, ie pixel size. You can tell in > the Word doc that it is a high DPI image but getting it out of Word is > the issue. > > When I change the File/Page setup to, for example A3, and then enlarge > the image in Word to fit on the altered page size (and it looks good > on-screen) if I then copy/paste to a graphics application sometimes > only part of the certificate image is usually copied. > > Any hints, tip or thoughts appreciated. > > To date the best approach I've found is enlarging the page size in > Word, enlarging the image in Word to suit the larger page and then > printing the page as a PDF. Whilst this gives a significant saving in > file size whilst still retaining a reasonable ability to zoom in where > needed I would prefer to retain the image as an image file. > > -- > Robert G. Eldridge Toronto NSW Australia > http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~ddrge/ > Now researching ELDRIDGE families world wide > 1000's at my Web site * Wanted * Any Eldridge related information

On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 10:46:47 -0000, "William Kirk" <nospam@home.com> wrote: >Robert: > >You lose quality (dpi) if you cut and paste from Word. A known trick is to >save the file as a web page from within Word (most versions) and then locate >the file for the image using Windows Explorer. > Thanks William & Hugh. It seems David lost the plot. -- Bob

Hi Robert, Another way to save the picture/image is to right mouse click and "save as" - this works for me and then I can edit it through my image view ie. Irfanview. Di "Robert G. Eldridge" <robert.eldridge@hunterlink.net.au> wrote in message news:484qi3tda2fig1ictdt6a2f8m5r3k0dg8t@4ax.com... > On occasions when I ask somebody to send a scanned copy of a > certificate they send it in a Word document. > > Whilst I can ask them to send it as an image file in many cases they > simply don't know what they're doing so this is not always a solution. > > Does anybody know a method of copying the image from the Word doc > whilst retaining its original quality, ie pixel size. You can tell in > the Word doc that it is a high DPI image but getting it out of Word is > the issue. > > When I change the File/Page setup to, for example A3, and then enlarge > the image in Word to fit on the altered page size (and it looks good > on-screen) if I then copy/paste to a graphics application sometimes > only part of the certificate image is usually copied. > > Any hints, tip or thoughts appreciated. > > To date the best approach I've found is enlarging the page size in > Word, enlarging the image in Word to suit the larger page and then > printing the page as a PDF. Whilst this gives a significant saving in > file size whilst still retaining a reasonable ability to zoom in where > needed I would prefer to retain the image as an image file. > > -- > Robert G. Eldridge Toronto NSW Australia > http://www2.hunterlink.net.au/~ddrge/ > Now researching ELDRIDGE families world wide > 1000's at my Web site * Wanted * Any Eldridge related information