can I open a GIF.file with word? Thread poster: Romina Minucci
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i have to translate a document that the client sent me as a gif.file. how can I open it with word? or better: can I open it with word??!
thanks
romina
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Gif files are images and they are not editable in Word. I had a try and could not open any gif in Word (even with the import function).
If you need to edit the file, you\'ll need a graphics software to do so, like Paint Shop Pro for instance (good software and you should be able to get a shareware version pretty easily on the Web).
If you just need to translate it, without changing the graphic itself, then just view it in your normal Web browser.
I hope this helps.... See more Gif files are images and they are not editable in Word. I had a try and could not open any gif in Word (even with the import function).
If you need to edit the file, you\'ll need a graphics software to do so, like Paint Shop Pro for instance (good software and you should be able to get a shareware version pretty easily on the Web).
If you just need to translate it, without changing the graphic itself, then just view it in your normal Web browser.
I hope this helps.
Véronique ▲ Collapse
| | | | Rod Darby (X) 
Ghana
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German to English
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| well, i can't | Apr 6, 2002 |
Romina,
I just tried, it doesn\'t work (you get garbage).
If you find the file with Explorer and double-click it, Internet Explorer will open the file and display it, so you can then print it. You may find you have other software which will open .GIF files on your computer, usually the software supplied with scanners can do this. If not, you\'ll have to print it and just do the translation with your usual text editor.
I hate it when I can\'t translate directly into ... See more Romina,
I just tried, it doesn\'t work (you get garbage).
If you find the file with Explorer and double-click it, Internet Explorer will open the file and display it, so you can then print it. You may find you have other software which will open .GIF files on your computer, usually the software supplied with scanners can do this. If not, you\'ll have to print it and just do the translation with your usual text editor.
I hate it when I can\'t translate directly into the source text, but life does have its hurdles.
All the best,
Rod
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| | | | Romina Minucci
Italy
Local time: 18:52
English to Italian
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TOPIC STARTER | print a gif file | Apr 6, 2002 |
I opened it with front page and translated it, but I can\'t print it because is too big even if I modify with front page the real document size. I think it prints the original size of the document and not the modified one.
help!!
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Natalie
Poland
Local time: 18:52
Member (2002)
English to Russian
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Moderator of this forum SITE LOCALIZER | You CAN open a GIF file using Word! | Apr 6, 2002 |
You don\'t need to install any additional software to simply view the file (or print it out).
Open a new (empty) document in Word. Go to Insert - Image - From file - choose the appropriate folder and file, click OK. You are done! Save the DOC file with the inserted image.
Of course, graphic software is necessary if you want to convert GIF in another format or if you need to edit it somehow.
| | | | Ralf Lemster
Germany
Local time: 18:52
English to German
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| You need OCR software | Apr 6, 2002 |
Both Véronique and Natalie are right: you can open a GIF file in MS Word (more precisely, you can import or incorporate it), but you cannot edit the text.
To convert graphical information (after all, GIF is a graphics format) into text, you need OCR (optical character recognition) software, such as OmniPage or ABBYY FineReader.
| | | | Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 18:52
Member (2000)
German to Swedish
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In memoriam | Elena Simonelli
Italy
Local time: 18:52
Member (2006)
English to Italian
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| OCR into word | Dec 3, 2008 |
Dear Collegues,
I need your help with an OCR program.
I am using ABBYY Fine Reader (demo version) to convert some images into Word editable text, but all I can do is turn the images into Word files where the images are pasted... so I still cannot edit them nor use CAT tools.
Where do I go wrong?
Thank you for your help!!
Elena
PS I do not mind downloading a different (free) OCR software if you think it will work better, as long as it can recognise Spani... See more Dear Collegues,
I need your help with an OCR program.
I am using ABBYY Fine Reader (demo version) to convert some images into Word editable text, but all I can do is turn the images into Word files where the images are pasted... so I still cannot edit them nor use CAT tools.
Where do I go wrong?
Thank you for your help!!
Elena
PS I do not mind downloading a different (free) OCR software if you think it will work better, as long as it can recognise Spanish text
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