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tpicco · May 25, 2011, 10:06 AM

A printer gave me a job to create a yearbook. The yearbook has about 500 head shots. The source material he gave me was 10 Word files each with 50 pix in position. The client was "trying to be helpful." No, I cannot get my hands on the original photos. In order to create a professional file to print with, I have to transfer all the data to an InDesign file...

Is there anyway I can get all the pictures extracted from each Word doc AT ONCE, instead of saving each pic separately? I do not want to do "Save picture" 500 times...

I have Word for Mac 2004 (11.6.3 version).

andi*pandi · May 25, 2011, 10:15 AM

I have no solution, but infinite pity.

-Q- · May 25, 2011, 10:25 AM

Save the Word doc as a web page? It should produce a folder of images.

tpicco · 11:05 AM

-Q-
Yes... it does save the pix separately, thanks... and the quality varies widely, but most of them are better res than the Save Picture option... bless you 10,00x... or at least 500...

tpicco · May 25, 2011, 10:55 AM

andi*pandi

pity helps a little...

Thorzdad · May 25, 2011, 11:22 AM

Question...When you save the files as web pages, does Word downsample the images to web resolution? I ask because, when you copy an image from a Word doc and paste it into Photoshop, it comes across at 300dpi.

tpicco · May 25, 2011, 11:38 AM

I did not try copying from Word and pasting into Photoshop...

But the Save As Web page gave me two sets of each photo... one a 4k png and the other a larger (+/- 500k) jpg... so...

-Q- · May 25, 2011, 11:39 AM

You can adjust the pixel resolution as an option during export, but on the version of Word I have it's maxxed at 120dpi. You may want to confirm those are usable for print production, tpicco.

And glad to help. Hope my solution is still viable.

tpicco · May 25, 2011, 12:07 PM

If this is what they give me, then that will be the quality of the print production...

In a way, I hate how computers have made it easier for idiots to make my professional life 200x tougher than before computers

Thorzdad · May 25, 2011, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by tpicco

If this is what they give me, then that will be the quality of the print production...

In a way, I hate how computers have made it easier for idiots to make my professional life 200x tougher than before computers

QFT.

I occasionally do ads for a regional free paper, and you can't imagine how many times I get "art" from the client that consists of a 150px square logo or product image taken from their website.

tpicco · May 25, 2011, 12:26 PM

or worse

andi*pandi · May 25, 2011, 12:33 PM

I'm volunteering to make posters for a non-profit. For sponsor art, they are collecting business cards. I have warned them they will be fuzzy.

Thorzdad · May 25, 2011, 12:49 PM

My condolences. I'll lay even money that half of those cards will be those 5000-full-color-cards-for-$10 cards. Printed from a screen-rez jpeg.

tpicco · May 25, 2011, 12:53 PM

I went into graphic design because I liked making things attractive looking... silly me

tpicco · May 26, 2011, 07:25 AM

Yeah it does... but it is a one by one process... for 500 pix...

tpicco · May 26, 2011, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by Thorzdad

Question...When you save the files as web pages, does Word downsample the images to web resolution? I ask because, when you copy an image from a Word doc and paste it into Photoshop, it comes across at 300dpi.

yeah that does work... one by one... for 500 pix... no thaaaaankyou... but thanks

Thorzdad · May 26, 2011, 07:39 AM

Oh, I wasn't suggesting you go down that painful path. I was just wondering if Word does the downsampling.

tpicco · May 26, 2011, 07:43 AM

well it is nice to know if I get a similar job with only A FEW embedded Word photos, I have a hi-res option...

almaink · May 26, 2011, 10:38 AM

Make a PDF from word then extract all images using Acrobat.