Graphics Import - Get Graphics Into Page Layout Software

Steps for copying graphics from a PDF file so they can be pasted into another document or saved to your hard drive, from our About Graphics Software Guide.

When all you need is the data, a tab delimited file may be the best method to use. However, if the table has extensive formatting that you don't want to recreate, then grab the entire image. Excel can create a variety of bar charts, pie charts, and graphs. The same procedure works for them as for the table.

Most anything created as Word Art in Microsoft Office can be recreated in Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, or other illustration programs. However, if you want to use existing Word Art (or are required to do so) you'll need to first fix it up in a graphics program then put it into your page layout program as an EPS file.

Charts and graphs created in programs such as Microsoft Office are not usually immediately usable in desktop publishing applications. They require an intermediate stop in a graphics drawing application when going from spreadsheet or word processor to page layout program.

Fancy bits of formatted text, such as Word Art in Microsoft applications, are not usually immediately usable in desktop publishing software. Learn how to get Microsoft Office Word Art into Desktop Publishing software.

With our About Graphics Software Guide, learn what to do when your images (especially those downloaded from the Web) won't open. How to open images in your browser or set up your computer to open them with an image viewer.