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If i import/place from MS WORD will images lose quality?

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    • May 7, 2015 at 7:56 am #75217
      Andy Mcgroarty
      Member

      Hi there

      I am working on a book and the authour has images in the word document. If i ‘place’ the whole book from MS WORD will the images be the same quality as in the word document? Or do i have take them out of word and back in by other means?

      Thank you

    • May 7, 2015 at 8:49 am #75220
      Aaron Troia
      Participant

      Andy,

      From my experience the image quality that comes out of word is pretty low resolution so I always ask for the author/client for the original images, whether for print or digital, because the images that come out of Word are usually too low quality to do anything with. I do usually flow in the book into InDesign with the images as they’re at least great for placement, but if you can get the author to email you the original images (as Jpeg’s not in another Word doc, I’ve had that happen) that would probably be best.

      • May 7, 2015 at 1:35 pm #75223
        Andy Mcgroarty
        Member

        Thank you Andy, that sounds like good advice. Much appreciated! Thanks and best wishes

      • May 7, 2015 at 2:53 pm #75225
        Dwayne Harris
        Member

        Yeah–the pics inserted into Word files are usually crap. And it’s not the original art. It’s placed art.

        You definitely want the originals.

      • May 8, 2015 at 12:55 am #75226
        Andy Mcgroarty
        Member

        Thank you Wayne, as always i appreciate your input. I will get them to email me the originals.

        Thanks again guys

    • May 8, 2015 at 2:54 am #75227
      Gert Verrept
      Member

      If it’s a Word 2013 file, we often rename it to a zip file. When you open the zip, the images can be found in a subfolder. This, in case no one can give you the originals.

    • May 8, 2015 at 3:58 am #75230
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Note for the zip to work it has to be a .docx file.

      Once you see this .docx or .pptx or anything from word with an x then you can rename to .zip and unpack the file to get the images inserted.

    • May 11, 2015 at 3:50 am #75268
      Masood Ahmad
      Participant

      But that process will give you PNGs. So you have to convert them to your desired format.

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