Change a Word Document to JPEG Format

This article teaches you how to convert a Microsoft Word document into a JPEG image file on both Mac and Windows platforms.

Steps

On Mac

  1. Double-click the Word document. This will open the document.
    • You can also open Word, which resembles either a blue "W" or a white "W" on a blue background depending on your version, click Open, and select the Word document from there.
  2. Click File. It's an option in the top-left corner of your Mac's screen.
  3. Click Save As. This option is near the top of the drop-down File menu.
  4. Click Format. You'll see this box toward the middle of the "Save As" window.
  5. Click PDF. It's near the middle of the drop-down menu. While a DOC (Word) file isn't directly convertible to a JPEG file, a PDF is.
  6. Click Save. It's a blue button in the bottom-right corner of the window. Your file has now been saved as a PDF; you'll likely find it on the desktop.
  7. Open the PDF file with Preview. To be able to save the PDF as a JPEG, you need to use the Preview application on the Mac because not all third-party PDF applications have this feature. To do this:
    • Right-click (Ctrl + Click) your PDF file.
    • Go to Open With.
    • Click Preview.
  8. Click File. This option is in the top-left corner of the screen.
  9. Click Export. It's toward the middle of the drop-down menu.
  10. Click Format. This box is near the bottom of the "Export" page.
  11. Click JPEG. Doing so will allow you to save the PDF version of your Word document as a JPEG file.
    • You'll see a slider appear below the Format box; clicking and dragging it right will increase your JPEG's quality, while dragging it left will decrease the quality. This is helpful if you need to lower the image's size (wherein you would lower the quality).
  12. Click Save. It's in the bottom-right corner of the screen. Your Word document is now preserved in JPEG format.

On Windows (7, 8, and 10)

  1. Double-click the Word document. This will open the document in the Microsoft Word app.
    • You can also open Word, which is a blue app with a white "W", and click the document's name in the "Recently opened" section.
  2. Hold down ⊞ Win and press ⎙ Print Screen. This will take a screenshot, which will be indicated by your computer's screen dimming briefly.
    • If the screen doesn't dim, try pressing the "Print Screen" key firmly down and holding it for half a second or so before releasing.
    • The "Print Screen" key may be abbreviated (e.g., "Prt Scr", "Prt Sc", etc.).
  3. Open the Start menu. You can press ⊞ Win to do so, or you can click the Windows icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
  4. Type screenshots into the Start menu. You should see a folder labelled "Screenshots" appear at the top of the menu.
  5. Click the "Screenshots" folder. Doing so will open it. You should see your Word document screenshot somewhere in this folder.
  6. Right-click your screenshot of the Word document. This will invoke a drop-down menu.
    • You may have to scroll down to view the Word document depending on how many screenshots you've taken.
  7. Hover your mouse cursor over Open with. It's about halfway down the drop-down menu; selecting this option with the cursor will cause a pop-out menu to appear.
  8. Click Paint. This will open the Paint app, which will allow you to convert your screenshot from the PNG format to a JPEG file.
  9. Crop your image if necessary. Since screenshotting captures your whole screen, you may wish to trim the edges off of your document. To do so:
    • Click Select at the top of the Paint window.
    • Click and drag your cursor across the part of the image you wish to save.
    • Click Crop (to the right of Select).
    • To see your whole document, you may need to zoom out by clicking the - button in the bottom-right corner of the Paint window.
  10. Click File. It's in the top-left corner of the Paint window.
  11. Hover over Save As. You'll see a menu pop out to the right.
  12. Click JPEG Image. Doing so will save an updated copy of your screenshot as a JPEG file.

On Windows (XP and Vista)

  1. Double-click the Word document. This will open the document in the Microsoft Word app.
    • You can also open Word, which is a blue app with a white "W", and click the document's name in the "Recently opened" section.
  2. Press the ⎙ Print Screen key. This key is typically found in the upper-right side of your computer's keyboard.
    • The "Print Screen" key may be abbreviated (e.g., "Prt Scr", "Prt Sc", etc.).
  3. Open the Start menu. You can press ⊞ Win to do so, or you can click the Windows icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
  4. Type Paint into the search bar. This will bring up the Paint app, which resembles a cup full of paint brushes. You'll use Paint to save your file.
    • For Windows XP, click All Programs at the bottom of the menu, select the Accessories tab, and click Paint in the pop-out window.
  5. Press Ctrl+V. This will paste your screenshot into the Paint window.
  6. Crop your image if necessary. Since screenshotting captures your whole screen, you may wish to trim the edges off of your document. To do so:
    • Click the dotted rectangle icon on the left side of the Paint window.
    • Click and drag your cursor across the part of the image you wish to save.
    • Click Image at the top of the window.
    • Click Crop.
    • To see your whole document, you may need to zoom out by clicking the - button in the bottom-right corner of the Paint window.
  7. Click File. It's in the top-left corner of the Paint window.
  8. Click Save As. This option is toward the top of the drop-down File menu.
  9. Type a name for your screenshot into the text field. You'll do so next to the "File name" label.
  10. Click the "Save as type" box. It's below the "File name" field.
    • This box should say "PNG" in it.
  11. Click JPEG. It's an option in the drop-down menu. Doing so will allow you to save your file as a JPEG instead of the default PNG format.
  12. Click Save. This option is in the bottom-right corner of the window. Your screenshot will be saved as a JPEG file.

Tips

  • If you have Word on your iPhone or Android, you can Take-a-Screen-Shot-(Screen-Capture) of the document to preserve it as a picture file.
  • Most sites that support JPEG will also support PNG (screenshot) files.

Warnings

  • Using the Paint program may cause your file to lose quality. This shouldn't be an issue unless your Word document is largely visual, and even then you shouldn't notice too much of a difference.

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