How do I export a Word document as a PNG?

I have a Microsoft Word 2010 document which I want to save as a .png image file, so I can include it as part of a PowerPoint slide.

In Powerpoint, there's a built in "Save As" option for exporting slides as png image files. However, no such option seems to exist in Microsoft Word.

How can I export a Word 2010 document as a .png image file?

3 Answers

1. Install PDFCreator (Free software)
2. Open World file
3. Ctrl + P
4. Select PDFCreator as a Printer
5. Print
6. PDFCreator Dailog open
7. Click on the icon beside file for output types(PDF, JPG, PNG etc)
8. Select PNG
9. Save

There is no native method of exporting a Word document as an image format because the whole point of Word is for word processing.

You will need to export the document to PDF (Save As...) and then use a third party application to export the PDF page(s) to your desired format; and then insert them into the application/document you intend the final result.

If you are expecting there to be a tool that somehow can save a 50 page Word doc into some image of arbitrary dimensions, then you are out of luck.

However, if you are using Windows and want just a page or screenful of the Word doc, just open the doc and take the built-in Snipping Tool (in All Programs--> Accessories). You can zoom in or out with Word to get more onscreen if needed.

Clip a rectangle around the page or whatever you want in the ppt and save the snip, the default is .png but it saves as .jpg also.