3 Quick Ways to Convert a DOC or DOCX File to a JPEG

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Want to save a Word document as an image that you can easily share with others? It's actually pretty simple—you'll just need to save it as a PDF first, which is a format that's easy to convert to PDF. This wikiHow will show you how to convert any Microsoft Word document into a JPEG image on your Windows PC or Mac.

Go to http://wordtojpeg.com/, click "UPLOAD FILES," and select the Word document you'd like to convert. Click "Download" at the bottom of the thumbnail to download the ZIP folder. Double-click the folder to extract it (Mac) or double-click and select "Extract" (Windows). Open the extracted file to access the JPEG file.

On Windows

Open the Word document. Double-click the document you want to convert into a JPEG. This will open the document in Microsoft Word.

• For example, to save the file on the desktop, you would click Desktop.

Click the "Save as type" drop-down box. It's at the bottom of the window. Doing so prompts a drop-down menu.

• You can't convert a Word document directly to a JPEG file, but you can convert a PDF to a JPEG.

Click Save . It's in the bottom-right corner of the window. Your Word file will be copied to a PDF file in your selected location.

Open your PDF. Go to the location in which you saved your PDF and click the PDF file, then click Open in the bottom-right corner of the window. This will open the PDF in the PDF to JPEG converter.

Select a save location. Click Select Folder at the top of the converter window, then click the folder in which you want to save the converted JPEG file and click Select Folder in the bottom-right corner.

Click Convert . It's at the top of the window. This will convert your PDF into a JPEG file and store it in your selected location.

On Mac

Open the Word document. Double-click the document you want to convert into a JPEG. This will open the document in Microsoft Word.

Click the "Format" drop-down box. You'll see this box toward the middle of the "Save As" window. A drop-down menu will appear. [2] X Research source

• While a DOC (Word) file isn't directly convertible to a JPEG file, a PDF is.

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.

• Click once the PDF file.
• Click File at the top of the screen.
• Select Open With in the drop-down menu.
• Click Preview.

• 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).

Click Save . It's in the bottom-right corner of the screen. Your Word document is now preserved in JPEG format.

Using an Online Converter

Open the Word-to-JPEG converter. Go to http://wordtojpeg.com/ in your computer's web browser. This is a free website that can convert Word and PDF files into the JPEG format.

• If your Word document contains more than one page, this tool will create a separate JPEG for each page.

• You may have to select a download location and click Save or OK.

• Windows — Double-click the ZIP folder, click Extract at the top of the window, click Extract all, and click Extract all when prompted.
• Mac — Double-click the ZIP folder and wait for it to finish extracting.

Open your JPEG file. In the extracted folder, you should see one JPEG file for each page of the Word document you converted; double-clicking a JPEG file will open it in your computer's default photo program.

Community Q&A

I already used the snipping tool and everything went well, except the lines under the words. How can I get rid of them?

If you mean the lines that indicate spelling or grammar errors, all you have to do is click "Review" in the top menu and select "Spelling and Grammar". Then click through, changing or ignoring the errors as you please. The lines should disappear as you fix everything.

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You can take screenshots of it on a Mac (Command + Shift+ "4") and it will turn into a png or a jpeg based on the settings on your computer.

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If you have Word on your iPhone or Android, you can take a screenshot of the document to preserve it as a picture file.

If you choose to use an online converter, keep in mind that the service will be able to see the document, therefore you'll want to avoid online converters if the document is sensitive.

Converting your document to a JPEG 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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