Pictures in Word Documents

[JohnD]

I have some documents where I pasted in a logo. I want to use the logo as a picture (pref as a .jpg) but I can't rememer how to do it. IIRC once I have saved the picture like "clip art" I can add it to future docs or do what I want with it.

If I right-click on the logo in Word, I get cut/copy/paste//edit picture and a picture Toolbar but nothing like "save as"

It is actually in Word 97 on my home PC but I created this doc in a more up-to-date version at work (not there any more) although I have been using this method successfully in various versions of Word.

 

[breezer]

surely if its saved as clipart then you cant save as?

but nothing stoping you pasting it somewhere else

i just tried it, i can save it on the desktop (but i didnt) (select pate then it asks you to save it)

 

[JohnD]

Don't think I understand. I just tried copying the logo and pasting to the desktop, it saved as "scrap" but it was a word document containing my logo, not a picture file

In MSWord, if you open the picture toolbar, it has an "Insert picture" option. It starts by offering you the "clipart" folder for you to take a pic from, but you can roam around your directories and take a pic from anywhere else you like. So, if i could save my logo in clipart (or anywhere else) i could insert it into other MS docs, or print or edit it as a picture... that's what i'm after but can't see how to do it.

 

[breezer]

i figured that is what you meant you can do it as i said.

hang on i will type word for word how

right click on pic>left click on pic>(copy)minimise window>destop>rightclick (on desktop)>paste>box appears, "in order to add this item to your active desktop, you need to save a copyof the picture do you want to continue Y/N" >save

job done

 

[JohnD]

...rightclick (on desktop)>paste

on mine (XP) it just creates a thing on the desktop called "scrap" which is a word doc containing my logo

In Properties, it says "type of file: Scrap object"

can I mail you the doc so you can see if it's the doc or something about my system?

 

[breezer]

yes.

and i have xp pro too

 

[JohnD]

I'm XP OEM.

On its way, thanks!

 

[Igorian]

If you edit the picture, does the application it opens in allow you to save it?

 

[JohnD]

In Picture Edit, I get "save copy as" but it only offers Word Doc, text, MS-DOS text things.

 

[breezer]

your logo is on its way back

 

[JohnD]

Thanks!

That .gif does the trick. How did you do it? Was it just what you described?

p.s. better keep the guilty secret of my mis-spent past

 

[breezer]

no problem.

yes i just did as i said, but started with the document you sent me (pinched it from there)

and no, i will not say what the logo was.

i have deleted it now anyway