On Sun, 17 Jul 2005, Bob Foxworth wrote:
> Subject: [flalug] Powerpoint image extraction
>
>
> > So a correspondent sent me some images, encapsulated in a .PPT file.
> > (Naked JPEGs would have worked fine, but nooooo...) Is there any way,
> > using od, grep, dd, or maybe some tool I don't have yet, to get them
> > out? I can view it in Windows (I suppose Windows-in-VMware too) using
> > MS*spit*'s free "Powerpoint Viewer", but I can't do squat with it.
>
> If viewing in winblows, how bout using a screen grabber
> which saves the desktop image as a jpeg, then edit it
> down in an editor? You may lose a bit of detail this way.
> I am a fan of SnagIt, which works well for me. Then the
> image editor let you remove the edge detail.
I ended up opening it in OpenOffice. Worked like a charm.
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