How to Extract a Picture From a Word Documents & Save it as a JPEG

Microsoft Word is a word processor used by many individuals using PC and Mac computers. It allows for creative documents, which can include pictures, music, graphs, video and many other formatting options to make these documents visually appealing. Saving individual pictures used in these type of documents for later use is a simple two-step process.

Things You'll Need

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Paint (or any other image editing software)

Instructions

1. Open the Microsoft Word document that contains the picture you want to save and convert to JPEG.

2. Click the picture to select it then right click on it to bring up the right click menu.

3. Select "Copy" from the available list of options.

4. Open Microsoft Paint or any other image editing software.

5. Using Microsoft Paint, click "File > Paste or press Ctrl + V." The picture will appear in the window. If using another image editing program, you may first need to create a new document first, by selecting "File > New."

6. Click "File > Save As," and from the drop down menu, select JPEG from the available list.

7. Save the file in a convenient location.

Tips & Warnings

• Be sure to save any documents with critical information before closing the program.

References

• Microsoft Office Support: Browse Help and How-to by Product
• Microsoft Windows: Using Paint