How to Convert Pictures in Word Documents to JPG Files
Word is part of the Office package or productivity software from Microsoft. Primarily used as a word processing program, Word is also widely used in both professional and personal computing. With Word, users have the capacity to insert a variety of material, such as images. From time to time you may receive a Word document, such as a family newsletter, that contains a picture that you would like to have as a separate electronic file. You can convert pictures in Word documents to JPG files by following a few steps.
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Instructions
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Launch the Microsoft Word program. If you do not have Word, you can download a free trial as part of a Microsoft Office (see Resources for link). Open the file that contains the picture you want to convert to a JPG file. Click once on the "File" menu and select "Open." Access the folder to which the document is saved using the "Look in" menu. Double-click on the file name to launch the Word document.
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Click once on the image that you want to convert to JPG format. A border will appear around the picture. Right-click once within the image and select the "Copy" option. This action will copy the picture to the "Clipboard" function.
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Launch the "Paint" program. Click once on the Windows "Start" button, once on "Programs," once on "Accessories" and select "Paint." Click once on the "Edit" menu and select the "Paste" option. The image will populate the Paint window.
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Click once on the "File" menu and select "Save As." Make certain that the "Save as type" field is set to the "JPEG" option. Choose a folder in which to save the JPG file using the "Save in" drop down feature. Type a name for the file in the "File name" field and click once on the "Save" button.
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Repeat steps 2 and 4 for each image that you want to convert to a JPG image. To view the JPG image, right-click on the Windows "Start" button and select the "Explore" option. Locate the folder to which you saved the JPG image (in the "Folders" section of the Explore window). Right-click once on the JPG file name and select the "Open" option.
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