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| ===Transfer the images=== | | ===Transfer the images=== |
| ====Extracting images from PDF documents onto the "clipboard"==== | | ====Extracting images from PDF documents==== |
| There are two schemes for getting images out of PDF documents. Both involve copying the image to the "clipboard", then saving it to a file. Which method you choose depends on how the image was embedded in the PDF document.
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| The easier method should be tried first. Pick the "select" tool from the toolbar, then click on the image. This tool seems to behave a little inconsistently, but if you're lucky, a small graphic will appear giving you the option of copying the image to the clipboard. Simply click on the graphic to do the copy function.
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| If you can't convince the PDF viewer to offer you the "copy to clipboard" option, then you can use Acrobat's "snapshot" tool to select a rectangular area which will be copied to the clipboard when you release the mouse button.
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| A last option, which works in Windows, is to press "Alt" and "PrtSc", which will copy the entire screen to the clipboard. This is fairly clumsy, can degrade the image quality, and includes a lot of stuff you don't want. But it can be used in a pinch.
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| ====Saving images on the "clipboard" to a file, Windows version====
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| In either case, you will need to get the image from the clipboard to a file. A technique that works on Windows computers is to paste the image into Microsoft Paint. Microsoft Paint is a simple image processing application that is included free with Windows. Look under "Programs/Accessories". This process works simplest when the pasted image fills the whole Paint image, and that can be done most easily by first setting the Paint image attributes to a small image size. To do this, use the Image menu and select the "Attributes" menu item. Set the dimensions to something small, like 16 x 16. All images that you paste will likely be larger than 16 x 16, and so Paint will readjust the dimensions to match the pasted image.
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| Once you have the image in Paint, you can save it to disk in a variety of formats via the "File/Save as..." command, then select the appropriate file extension and enter the filename you want before clicking "Save".
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| (If you are aware of techniques that work in other Operating Systems, please improve this help page by adding those techniques. Thanks!)
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| ====Loading images into Appropedia==== | | ====Loading images into Appropedia==== |
| Loading images from your computer is very straightforward. (If they're not on your computer, you will need to copy them there.) Choose an image name that is likely to be unique. Best approach is to start the image name based on the source where the image came from. When you know what you want to call the image, click on "Upload a file" in the tool box at the left and follow the instructions. | | Loading images from your computer is very straightforward. (If they're not on your computer, you will need to copy them there.) Choose an image name that is likely to be unique. Best approach is to start the image name based on the source where the image came from. When you know what you want to call the image, click on "Upload a file" in the tool box at the left and follow the instructions. |