Bulk remove images

C. Newell

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Apr 23, 2010, 3:10:25 PM4/23/10

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I have a moderate size document (750 pages) which was converted from PDF.
The original had a screened watermark which was replicated as multiple image
files (3-5 per page) anchored to text paragraphs.

Is there an easy way to locate, select, and delete these graphics (there are
no other images) without affecting the text and without having to repeat the
process 3000+ times to get every one?

C. Newell

Herb Tyson [MVP]

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Apr 23, 2010, 4:57:06 PM4/23/10

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If the images are in-line-with-text, you can remove them in one fell swoop
by doing a find/replace, with ^g as the Find what: and leaving Replace with:
empty. The fact that you say they're anchored to paragraphs, however,
doesn't make me optimistic.

For floating images, if the document doesn't have formatting you want to
preserve, you can copy the entire document to the clipboard (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C)
and paste it as text into a new document. This will strip out all of the
graphics. If you're using Word 2007 or Word 2010, for pasting as text, press
Ctrl+Alt+V, and choose the Unformatted Text option. If you're using Word
2003 or earlier, use Edit - Paste Special.

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PaulWGoddard

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Apr 24, 2010, 2:17:59 PM4/24/10

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If the find & replace ^g doesn't work (which is very cool), here is
another possibility. I just tested this on a singe page and it worked
with an anchored picture.

1. Select all the text and convert to a table with one column.
2. Copy and paste the table into an Excel spreadsheet. (When I did
this, it pasted the image, but the image was off to the right and not
included in the single column.)
3. Copy the Excel column and paste back into Word.
4. Convert the table to text with paragraph divider.

It worked on my test. Maybe it will work for you too.

Paul Goddard

DeanH

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Apr 26, 2010, 9:17:01 AM4/26/10

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For InLineWithText graphics, as Doug mentions, you can use ^g in the find and
replace with nothing.
For Floating graphics, you can use the Select Multiple Objects icon, arrow
over two squares. This icon is not shown by default but can be found in the
Drawing Commands listing under Customize dialog.
This function lists all objects, drawings, Text boxes, etc., and has a
Select All button.
If you press the Select All, then OK, and without doing anything else, press
Delete keyboard key, all objects will be deleted.
I would work on a copy of the document, just in case :-)
Hope this helps
DeanH

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DeanH

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Apr 26, 2010, 9:23:01 AM4/26/10

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Apologies to Mr Herb Tyson, when I said as mentioned by Doug, I was lloking
at another posting elsewhere.
No offence, sorry for any confusion, Monday blues.
DeanH

C. Newell

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Apr 28, 2010, 11:15:10 AM4/28/10

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They were, indeed inline and that did the trick.

Thank you.

CN
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Great! Glad it worked out.

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