We will show you how to convert your Word document into an image file in JPG format.
Unlike when converting to another text format, such as .odt to .docx, Word does not initially provide a direct option for saving your file in the popular JPG image format. However, it is often helpful to convert your text file into an image to use it in other programs. We’ll show you how to save your Word document as a JPG.
Windows standard tools
With the help of Windows on-board tools, such as the Snipping Tool and Paint, you can only convert one page of your Word document as JPG. There are now helpful online converters for several sites. If you want to convert several pages at once, take a look at our corresponding step-by-step guide.
- Insert text from Word document as picture and save
- The snipping tool – the quick and easy solution
- Save Word file as JPG using Paint
Insert text from Word document as picture and save
Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the quick start guide.
- Step 1: Open your Word document and highlight the entire text of a page. Then copy it with [Ctrl] + [C] . Then click on ” File ” in the upper left corner.
- 2nd step: Now select ” New ” on the left and then click on ” Empty Document “.
- 3rd step: Now click on the ” Insert ” button at the top left. Then select the option ” Paste Special ” from the drop-down menu.
- 4th step: Then select the ” Image (Extended Metafile) ” option and click ” OK “.
- 5th step: Now right click on the picture and select ” Save as graphic”.
- 6th step: As the ” file type “, then select ” JPEG file format “. Then give your file a suitable name and click ” Save “.
The Snipping Tool is Windows’ help for taking screen recordings. You can use it to take a picture of the Word document and then save it as a JPG. Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the quick start guide.
- Step 1: Open your file in Word. Make sure that the entire document is visible. If necessary, set the zoom to 100% or according to your image section.
- 2nd step: To take a screenshot, open the ” Snipping Tool ” program, click on ” New “, and use the mouse to draw a frame around the entire document.
- 3rd step: Then click on ” File ” and ” Save As “. Here you can choose a storage location and name the image.
Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the quick start guide.
Step 1: In Word, open the file you want to convert and press the ” Print ” button on your keyboard to capture the entire screen. Pay attention to the setting of the zoom factor and adjust it if necessary. In this step, you can either select the entire page or just one area.
2nd step: Then open Paint and press the key combination [Ctrl] + [V] or click on ” File ” and ” Paste “. The screenshot of your document that you took in the first step will now be automatically inserted into Paint.
3rd step: You can now crop your picture so that only the document and not the Word interface can be seen. To do this:
- Draw a frame around your Word document (blue dashed line).
- Make sure that ” Select ” is activated.
- Click on ” Crop “.
4th step: When you are satisfied with your image section, click on ” File ” and ” Save as ” or press [Ctrl] + [S]. Here you can select the ” JPG ” format directly.
Online converter
Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the quick start guide.
- Step 1: For example, go to the wordtojpeg.com website and click on the green ” Choose ” button.
- 2nd step: Then find the Word file whose pages you want to convert to JPG format and then click ” Open “. In this way, you can also convert several Word files to JPGs at the same time.
- 3rd step: When the conversion is complete, the ” All files ” button will be visible. Click on it to download your files. You will then find the images in ZIP format in your “Downloads” folder.
Quick guide: insert text as an image
- Open your document, select the text on a page and then copy it with [Ctrl] + [C].
- Click the top left of ” File “, then select ” New ” and then ” Blank Document “.
- Now click on ” Insert ” at the top left and then select ” Paste Special “.
- Then select ” Image (Extended Metafile) ” and then click ” OK “.
- Now right click on the picture and select ” Save as graphic “.
- Select JPEG File Format as the file type, name the file, and then click Save.
Quick guide: Snipping tool
- Open the Word file that is to be saved as an image and set the zoom factor to 100% so that the entire document can be seen.
- Start Snipping-Tool, click on ” New “, and draw a frame around your document.
- Then go to ” File ” and click on ” Save As ” to name the image and specify a storage location.
Quick guide: Save Word file as JPG using Paint
- Open the Word file you want to convert in Word and press the [Print] key.
- Start Paint and press [Ctrl] + [V] or click on ” File ” and ” Paste “.
- Check the ” Select “, drag a box around your document and click the ” Crop “.
- To save your picture, click on ” File ” and then ” Save As ” or press [Ctrl] + [S]. Make sure to set the file format like JPG and then click on ” Save “.
Quick guide: online converter
- Visit the website wordtojpeg.com. There click on ” Choose “.
- Select the Word file you want to convert, then click Open.
- Once the file has been converted, you can click ” All Files ” and view your converted files as .zip in your Downloads folder.
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