How to extract images from Word files? (And put them back afterwards...) Thread poster: Jaroslaw Michalak
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Jaroslaw Michalak 
Poland
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I remember that there was a topic considering extracting all embedded images from Word files and then putting them back after editing. However, I cannot find it...
Therefore, what is the preferred procedure/macro/tool for that?
| | | | Olaf (X)
Local time: 14:20
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| You can link pictures through INCLUDEPICTURE field codes | May 30, 2007 |
If you don't have many pictures you could simply replace them with INCLUDEPICTURE field codes:
To insert an INCLUDEPICTURE field, point to Picture on the Insert menu, click From File, click the arrow next to the Insert button, and then click Link to File.
You could then enable the display of field codes on the View tab of the Options dialog box to prevent the pictures from being displayed.
Olaf
| | | | Tjasa Kuerpick
Slovenia
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| May be this helps | May 30, 2007 |
I actually do not know any macro for that, but if there is really a need for an extraction you can either save the file (a copy of the file of course) as html, where while this process of conversion is running, all images are saved in an separated order as "image001.jpg, image002.jpg", and so on.
The problem is only that pictures will have a low resolution - which is not desired.
A second way is to save/transform the document as a pdf file, if you have a pdf converter, like ... See more I actually do not know any macro for that, but if there is really a need for an extraction you can either save the file (a copy of the file of course) as html, where while this process of conversion is running, all images are saved in an separated order as "image001.jpg, image002.jpg", and so on.
The problem is only that pictures will have a low resolution - which is not desired.
A second way is to save/transform the document as a pdf file, if you have a pdf converter, like Adobe. Adobe offers a possibility to extract all pictures from a pdf file, it does not even change the names, which is afterwards far more practical as you have less work by renaming all pics back to their original name, considering that the file has to be send back with the original names of the pictures. The good things is - the resolution is kept as in the original file.
There is a third way that is to extract them all one by one and safe them in Photo editor or Picture Publisher. But really, I would not do that, as it is too time extensive. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Giles Watson
Italy
Local time: 14:20
Italian to English
In memoriam | Is this the technique? | May 30, 2007 |
Hi Jabberwock,
Perhaps you were thinking of this Trados Workbench procedure to get round the file bloat that afflicts Word files containing embedded images.
To translate texts with images and/or text boxes:
1. Create an empty TM
2. Tools/Analyse the file
3. Export unknown segments (99%) - save as RTF
4. Translate the RTF file (using other TMs if you like)
5. Tools/Cleanup the RTF into the empty TM
6. Tools/Translate the origina... See more Hi Jabberwock,
Perhaps you were thinking of this Trados Workbench procedure to get round the file bloat that afflicts Word files containing embedded images.
To translate texts with images and/or text boxes:
1. Create an empty TM
2. Tools/Analyse the file
3. Export unknown segments (99%) - save as RTF
4. Translate the RTF file (using other TMs if you like)
5. Tools/Cleanup the RTF into the empty TM
6. Tools/Translate the original file
7. Clean up into the TM of your choice.
It might be a good idea to print out a copy of the file beforehand, or open it on a second computer/monitor, so that you have an idea of the layout while you're working.
http://www.proz.com/post/354215#354215
HTH
Giles ▲ Collapse
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Jaroslaw Michalak
Poland
Local time: 14:20
Member (2004)
English to Polish
TOPIC STARTER SITE LOCALIZER | No, it's the images that need editing... | May 30, 2007 |
No, I can deal with the text without problems... It's the images that need editing!
That is why I would like to have something to extract them easily. What is more important, I would like an easy way to get them back into Word files, when I'm done with them...
| | | | Tony M
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Jabberwock wrote:
It's the images that need editing!
I guess a lot will depend on what type / format of images they are, and how you have to edit them.
You could easily create a Word DOC with just the images in simply be deleting the text using search-&-replace, but maybe you can't edit them in a Word doc?
In any case, you've still got to find a way of recombining them with the text afterwards 
| | | | Giles Watson
Italy
Local time: 14:20
Italian to English
In memoriam | Jaroslaw Michalak
Poland
Local time: 14:20
Member (2004)
English to Polish
TOPIC STARTER SITE LOCALIZER | Haven't thought of that... | May 30, 2007 |
Nice tip, Olaf, haven't thought of that...
I can make a macro that will simply substitute the graphics with the code (after I extract them, of course). I have checked several of them and they are inline, so they might even stay where they are...
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Jaroslaw Michalak
Poland
Local time: 14:20
Member (2004)
English to Polish
TOPIC STARTER SITE LOCALIZER | Quite simple solution! | May 30, 2007 |
The solution, turns out, was quite simple... I think I will describe it in detail in an article, here comes a short summary:
1. Save the Word document to xml.
2. Extract the images according to the procedure described here:
http://www.tkachenko.com/blog/archives/000195.html
i.e. run the tool nxslt on your xml file with the Word2HTML-.N... See more The solution, turns out, was quite simple... I think I will describe it in detail in an article, here comes a short summary:
1. Save the Word document to xml.
2. Extract the images according to the procedure described here:
http://www.tkachenko.com/blog/archives/000195.html
i.e. run the tool nxslt on your xml file with the Word2HTML-.NET-script.xsl.
3. Open the xml file in a text/xml editor and change the picture links from internal to external, e.g.:
v:imagedata src="wordml://03000002.png"
to
v:imagedata src="test_files/03000002.png"
I used regular expression for this, but I suppose just changing
v:imagedata src="wordml://
to
v:imagedata src="test_files/
might work, too...
After that whenever you change the external graphics files, they get updated in the Word (xml) document. I think that for delivery the linked files would have to be embedded, but that is simple to do in Word (Edit/Links).
Of course, if you have a simpler solution for changing internal images into linked images, I would be glad to know...
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| | | | Giles Watson
Italy
Local time: 14:20
Italian to English
In memoriam | | | Jaroslaw Michalak
Poland
Local time: 14:20
Member (2004)
English to Polish
TOPIC STARTER SITE LOCALIZER | Only the OpenOffice solution might work | Jun 4, 2007 |
Unfortunately, these solutions are for people who want to edit only the text, not the other way round.
Of the three suggestions, only the second one might be used (the first one puts graphics in another Word file, the third one does not deal with graphics at all), as it allows editing the graphics outside of Word.
I will check it out!
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