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Richard Lippincott wondered: <<We get Word documents from a vendor.
These docs typically run a few hundred pages and contain a hundred or
so illustrations.>>
The simplest solution is to negotiate a file-naming convention with the
vendor and ask them to send you the original graphic files separate
from the Word file; you may even be able to convince them to link to
the graphics rather than embedding them. This provides maximum
flexibility for everyone--including the vendor, though they may not yet
know this.
<<What we want to do is convert the Word docs to SGML for use in
Arbortext Epic. Due to a way that the vendor embedded the graphic
files, it's causing Epic to choke on the conversion. We need to pull
out the graphics..>>
Can't help with Arbortext, but in general (with a few unfortunate
exceptions), using Word's HTML export features (e.g., File-->Save As
Web Page) will strip out the graphics and save them in an appropriate
format (e.g., GIF). Because you're converting from one format (Word's
internal representation of the graphic) to another, there's always the
risk that you'll lose some quality, which is why it's better to store
originals of all graphics outside Word.
--Geoff Hart ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca
(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)
www.geoff-hart.com
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