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Getting an Image Out of a Word Document

Ocassionally you will need photos from someone, and they’ll send you a picture but it won’t be an image file like a JPG. Instead it will be copied and pasted into a Microsoft Word document. Follow these steps to get the image out of the Word document, so you can use it as an image for other purposes.

  1. With the Word document open, you will want to “Format Picture” first. Select the image and then right click on “Format Picture”.
  2. With the “Format Picture” window open, select the “Size” tab, and make sure that the Scale is set to 100% for both the Height and the Width. If not, change it so that both are 100%. And then press OK to close “Format Picture”.
  3. Now right click on the picture, and this time choose “Save as Picture…”
  4. There you have it! Name the file as you would like, save it where you want it, and use it as you wish!