Word – MS Word – Export image with overlayed text boxes as image

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I am trying to export an image with overlayed texboxes, arrows and shapes as a single image with a dpi of >300.

At the moment I am exporting as a pdf and copying the image to Paint.NET. However, the image quality is reduced this way.

I had thought that I could use 'select object' and 'group' to do this but the background image is not selected when I try this.

Does any one know a way of doing this?

This is not a duplicate of:

Can I export a PNG image from Word?

or

Copy Image Out Of Microsoft Word

Best Answer

Here's a simple solution that works in Office 2013. You'll have to try it out to see if it works in 2007.

  1. Select all the elements you want by holdiing Ctrl and clicking each element
  2. Copy the whole thing and paste it back onto your word doc
  3. In the paste options selector choose Image

(Note that all elements will need to have their Wrap text (under Format) setting set to Infront of Text or Behind Text)

Once you've done this you can either copy the image and paste it to Paint.net, or better yet right click on it and select Save as Image, which allows you to save it as a proper image, in a number of formats, and means no loss of quality (assuming you go for PNG)

Here's one I made... well, just now:

Example

UPDATE
I discovered that if you insert an image, and add a textbox, and try to select them both it won't allow it. Ensure that all elements have their Wrap text setting (under the format tab) set to In Front of or Behind Text. I've updated my answer accordingly.

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