When working with Excel files, there are not only cases when you need to insert an image into a document, but also the opposite situations when, on the contrary, a picture needs to be extracted from a book. There are two ways to achieve this goal. Each of them is most relevant under certain circumstances. Let's take a closer look at each of them so that you can determine which option is best to apply in a particular case.
The main criterion for choosing a particular method is whether you want to extract a single image or perform a bulk extraction. In the first case, you can be satisfied with banal copying, but in the second you will have to apply the conversion procedure so as not to waste time extracting each picture separately.
Method 1: Copy
But, first of all, let's look at how to extract an image from a file by copying.
- In order to copy an image, you first need to select it. To do this, click on it once with the left mouse button. Then we right-click on the selection, thereby bringing up the context menu. In the list that appears, select the item "Copy".
You can also, after selecting the image, go to the tab "Home". There on the tape in the toolbox "Clipboard" click on the icon "Copy".
There is a third option, in which, after highlighting, you need to press the key combination Ctrl+C.
- After that, launch any image editor. You can, for example, use the standard program Paint, which is built into Windows. We insert into this program using any of the methods available in it. In most options, you can use the universal method and type a key combination Ctrl+V. IN Paint, in addition, you can click on the button "Insert" located on the ribbon in the toolbox "Clipboard".
- After this, the picture will be inserted into the image editor and can be saved as a file using the method available in the selected program.
The advantage of this method is that you can choose the file format in which to save the picture from the supported options of the selected image editor.
Method 2: Bulk image extraction
But, of course, if there are more than a dozen images, or even several hundred, and they all need to be extracted, then the above method seems impractical. For these purposes, it is possible to convert an Excel document to HTML format. In this case, all images will be automatically saved in a separate folder on your computer’s hard drive.
Extracting pictures from an Excel file is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. This can be done either by simply copying the image, or by saving the document as a web page using the built-in Excel tools.
Have you ever found an image or images in a Word document that you would like to save and use later? The desire to save a picture is, of course, good, the only question is how to do it?
Simple “CTRL+C”, “CTRL+V” does not always work and not everywhere, and in the context menu that opens by clicking on a file, there is also no “Save” item. In this article we will tell you about a simple and effective way by which you can save a picture from Word in JPG or any other format.
The best solution in a situation where you need to save a drawing from Word as a separate file is to change the format of the text document. More precisely, the DOCX (or DOC) extension needs to be changed to ZIP, that is, an archive should be made from a text document. Directly inside this archive you can find all the graphic files it contains and save all of them or only those you need.
Before proceeding with the manipulations described below, save the document containing graphic files and close it.
1. Open the folder with the Word document containing the pictures you need and click on it.
2. Click "F2" to rename it.
3. Remove the file extension.
Note: If the file extension is not displayed when you try to rename it, follow these steps:
4. Enter a new extension name ( ZIP) and press “ENTER”.
5. Confirm the action by pressing "Yes" in the window that appears.
6. The DOCX (or DOC) document will be changed to a ZIP archive, which we will continue to work with.
Extracting content from an archive
1. Open the archive you created.
2. Go to the folder "Word".
3. Open the folder "Media"- this is where your pictures will be contained.
4. Select these files and copy by clicking “CTRL+C”, paste them into any convenient place by pressing “CTRL+V”. Also, you can simply drag images from the archive into a folder.
If you still need the text document you converted to an archive for work, change its extension again to DOCX or DOC. To do this, use the instructions from the previous section of this article.
It's worth noting that images that were contained in a DOCX document and are now part of the archive are retained in their original quality. That is, even if a large image in a document has been reduced in size, it will be presented in full size in the archive.
That's all, now you know how to quickly and conveniently extract graphic files from Word. Using this simple method, you can extract a photo or any pictures it contains from a text document.
This lesson is for those who saw a beautiful picture on some site and decided to save it, but alas... The admin blocked the right mouse button, and even an offensive message pops up, like don’t steal or something!
Method one: the simplest and most harmless
You just need to hover your mouse over the desired image and right-click and select “Save Target As...”. That's all! An easy and simple method that almost always works.
Method two: click and copy
Each picture has an address, so if the right button is not blocked, click on the picture and look at the address in Properties. Enter this address into the address and the picture will appear in front of you. Everything is simple and easy!!! Read about protected pictures below...
Method three: point and save
When you hover your mouse over the upper left corner, four icons appear. We need the first one, namely, to save the image. This method has disadvantages, because these four magic icons appear only when you hover over large pictures and do not work on animation.
Method four: may a skinshot help us =)
We take a screenshot of the page (Print Screen SysRq) and open the desired picture in Paint. We remove everything unnecessary, crop it, and the picture is yours. This method is quite easy, but it is impossible to save animations using this method...
Method five: HTML is power!
To use this method, you need to know at least a little HTML. The notepad with the code can be opened by clicking on “View” in the browser line, and then “View HTML code”. After the notepad opens, there you look for the approximate location of the image address. Something like "teddy/teddy2.gif" often appears. You can’t paste something like this into the address bar, but it can be done. Write the site address for example, http://tritroichki.narod.ru and add the address that you found in the code. It should look like this: http://tritroichki.narod.ru/teddy/teddy2.gif. Copy this link, paste it into the address bar of the page and click "Go". If you're lucky, the address may even be complete. Then just copy it into the address bar and press Enter. That's it, the picture is in front of you!
Method six: the window is full screen and the right button is blocked
Surely you have come across sites that do not have a top menu, and even the right button is blocked? The site on which the “inaccessible” image is located turned out to be like this? No problem. Here's what we do: we need to return to the previous page, let it be called “Page 1”. Point to the link “Page 2” (that’s where the “inaccessible” picture is) where you just were and write it down somewhere or remember the address. The address should appear in the browser status bar, that is, at the bottom. Enter this address into the address bar and press Enter. A page with a picture appeared, only with a top menu. Next, follow one of the previous methods.
Method seven: angry message when right-clicking
This method is for those who do not want to delve into the HTML of the site and if, when you right-click the mouse, a message pops up warning that stealing is not good, you will be punished for it, etc. and so on. So, you right-click, a message pops up, and instead of clicking on the red cross, press Esc on your keyboard. The window disappears. After alternating right-clicks and pressing Esc (right-click, press Esc, right-click, press Esc...), the protection script will not survive and will break. That is, the usual window will appear, where you can select “Save as...”. This method only works when an angry warning message pops up.
This lesson was written not for the purpose of “borrowing” pictures (but for that too...), but so that naive admins who still have such “protection” would come to their senses. After all, why post pictures and immediately protect them so that no one steals them!? And it’s really bad when a bad message pops up: the visitor will be offended and leave....
Everyone has at least once encountered a situation when, having opened a document in the MS Word text editor, you want to save the pictures from it to your computer or laptop. Then they can be added somewhere, processed in any editor (cropped, changed contrast and brightness, etc.), or it will just be a beautiful file on the computer.
In this article we will look at various methods using which you can save images from Word to your computer. You can save one at a time, or you can pull out all the pictures from the document at once. Let's talk about everything in more detail.
How to pull out a picture
If you have Word 2010, 2013 or 2016 installed, then you can save directly from this editor through the context menu. Earlier versions, 2003 and 2007, do not have this feature.
Open the file, find the picture in it and right-click on it. A context menu will open, in which select "Save as picture".
Next, select the folder on your computer where the picture will be saved, in the example it is “Desktop”. Name it. In the “File type” field, select the appropriate format from the drop-down menu and click “Save”.
As a result, the drawing will appear on the computer in the selected format.
This method is simple, but if you have 40 images and need to save them all, then it will take a lot of time. In this case, it is better to use one of the methods described below.
Resaving the document
You can get all the images from Word at once by saving the file with a different extension. To do this, open the one you need and go to the “File” tab at the top. Then click "Save As".
Through the Explorer that opens, select a location on your computer, in the example Desktop. You don’t have to change the file name, but in the “File type” field, select “Web page” from the drop-down list. Then click "Save".
You will have this document saved as a web page and one folder with additional files. They have the same names, only the folder has “.files” added at the end.
In it you will see all the necessary pictures. They are called “image001” - instead of 001 there will be numbers of pictures in order. You can move them to any other folder on your computer.
We save the picture to the computer using an archiver
Every PC user has some kind of archiver installed on their computer - WinRAR, 7ZIP. It can also be used in our case.
Right-click on the document and select from the context menu "To open with". Next, click on the archiver you have installed, in the example it is WinRAR archiver. If the archiver is not in the list, then click "Select program", and find it in the list of installed programs that opens.
The selected file will open as an archive. Go to the "word" folder.
Then click on "media".
It is in this folder that all the drawings from the document are located.
Saving images using Total Commander
If you are used to using the Total Commander program instead of Windows Explorer, then it can help you quickly extract images.
Using Total Commander, find the file you need, select it by clicking on it once with the mouse, and press the combination Ctrl+PgDn.
Then search for "media".
All the necessary images from the selected document will be here. Rename them and save them to any other folder.
Save the picture using Paint
If you need to get an image from Word in a specific format: jpeg, gif, bmp, then you can use the Paint graphic editor, which is available on every Windows computer.
Using this method, you can save pictures to your computer one at a time. And it is appropriate to use it if you have MS Word 2003 or 2007 installed. If you have a newer version of a text editor installed, then use the first method described (it also allows you to select the desired format for the saved image).
Open the file with the desired image, select it and right-click on it. Next, select “Copy” from the context menu.
Now you need to open Paint. Click "Start" - "All Programs" - "Accessories". In the “Standard” folder at the top, click on “Paint”.
When the editor window opens, click on the arrow under the “Insert” button and select the appropriate item from the list that opens.
When the image is inserted into Paint, click on the blue button at the top left and hover your mouse over the “Save As” option. A small list will open in which select the appropriate format for saving the picture.
In the next window, select a location on your computer to save the picture, give it a name and check the selected format in the “File type” field. Then click "Save".
So that a drawing drawn in the Paint program can then be opened on a computer, you need to specify a folder for it. Then it will be written there as a separate file, which can not only be opened, but also placed on a flash drive or sent over the Internet. This procedure is called saving.
Many people do not save the drawing while working, but do it at the end. The fact is that when you try to close the program, having already drawn something in it, a window pops up in which the computer “asks” whether to save the changes.
If you click on the “Yes” button, a window will open where you will need to select a location for the drawing, give it a name and click the “Save” button.
If you click on the “No” button, the computer will close the program along with the drawing, and you will no longer be able to open it. That is, the image will disappear forever. And if you click on the “Cancel” button, the Paint program will remain open along with the drawing.
But it’s better to save it in another way. And not at the very end of the work, but from time to time. Because if there is a power surge or the computer freezes, the drawing may not be saved on the computer. This means you will lose it.
How to save a drawn drawing - instructions
Click on the “file” inscription in the upper left corner of the program.
In the new version of the program, instead of the “File” inscription there will be this button:
A new window will open. In it, the computer prompts you to select the place where you want to write the drawing. Pay attention to the top. This is where the computer is going to send it.
In the example in the picture, this is the “Pictures” folder (My Pictures). But, in general, it is better not to store important information in it, as it may be damaged in case of problems with the computer. Therefore, if something is dear to you, it is better to put it somewhere else. For example, to some folder on Local Drive D, if it exists, of course.
This means that in the window, instead of the “Pictures” folder, you need to select Local disk D. To do this, click on the “Computer” (My Computer) sign on the left side.
Or 
And after that, inside the window (in the white part of it) open the desired Local disk, that is, double-click on it with the left mouse button.
If you want to put the drawing in a folder, open it in the same window (click on it twice with the left mouse button).
After you have chosen the place where you want to save the drawing, you need to pay attention to the bottom of the window - to the “File name” item.
The name under which the drawing will be saved is written here. In the example in the picture, this name is “Nameless”. If it doesn't fit, you need to delete it and type a new, suitable name for the file.
And also pay attention to the field just below. It's called "File Type". By clicking on this field, we can select the appropriate format for the drawing or leave everything as is.
Now you can close the Paint program and try opening the drawing file on your computer. To do this, go to the place where you saved it. There should be a file there with the name you typed or the standard name "Untitled".
