Re: How do I find the filename of an inserted picture?

Hi Greg:

If you can persuade the author to LINK the images instead of embedding
them, then the filename is, of course, part of the INCLUDEPICTURE field :-)

If you are working in .docx format, the original image files ARE linked,
whether the user intended that or not. To get at them:

1) Make a copy of the document (because you're about to destroy it...)

2) Change the extension of the copy from .docx to .zip

3) Unzip it. The document will turn into a folder. In the folder you will
find a little "website"

4) Open the .xml file as plain text and search for the picture's caption.

5) Note the explicit URI near it: that's the link to your image. Follow it
into the Images folder, and there's your graphics file :-)

On a Mac, you won't be able to put the document back together once you have
done this, because Mac OS X writes a resource fork into the folder each time
you open a file, and Word interprets that as a "corrupted file".

If you are in .doc format, there is an ancient technique that might help.

Each image is embedded in the document in its native format.

If you save the document as RTF, then change the file extension and open it
as plain text, you can often read the raw code of the image file.

If the originating application for the image was kind enough to add the file
name to its saved image, you will be able to read it.

You first "Search" the file for the caption, then choose the nearest binary
blob and scan it by eye.

Hope this helps you sometime...

Cheers


On 19/02/08 3:21 AM, in article ee8de09.1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"greggsewell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <greggsewell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks, Bob. Guess I'm just stuck with manually searching 600-plus images. At
least, now I know that Word doesn't provide this info.

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