How to save images that are in Microsoft Word and Google Doc files

We've all been there:someone sends you a document with images, and you need to save one of the images. Right click on an image, but there is no way to save it to your computer.

Fortunately, whether you're using Microsoft Office or Google Docs, there's actually a nifty workaround you can use to save any image to any document on your computer.

How to save images from a Google document

So if you've tried the obvious:right-clicking on the image, you know it doesn't work. Instead, if you want to save an image to a Google Doc, here's what to do:

1. Go File> Download as> Web page (HTML) .
2. Open the ZIP file that has been saved to your computer.
3. Inside that ZIP file, you'll find a folder called Images, inside which you will find all the images that were inserted into that Google document.

How to save images from a Microsoft Word document

In some version of Microsoft Word, you can right click on a picture and save it to your machine. If that's not the case for the version you're using, you can use a similar trick to extract images from a Word document.

1. Open the document and go to File> Save As .
2. From the File Format dropdown menu , select Web page (.htm) .
3. Navigate to where you saved your file and double-click to open it. It will open in your default browser.
4. You can now right-click images in the document and from the context menu select Save Image As and save the image to the location of your choice.

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