I have rediscovered a third method that was probably invented by one of my PhD students. This normally improves the quality of the resulting image, but it is still limited by the resolution of your screen! You would typically open the document in Acrobat, zooming in until the region you are interested in fills the screen, and then use the 'screenshot' or 'camera' icon to capture that region. Use the PDF of a publication and capture a screenshot.In most cases they are not ready for printed reproduction. Bandwidth considerations force the journals to place mediocre size pictures that are sometimes ok for presentations, unless you really use a good projector or a big screen. In many journals this is rarely the case. Go to a webpage and pray for a high-resolution image that can be used.The two alternatives I normally found were The EMF and PDF export aren't perfect either, if it's possible save in SVG or print using PDF Creator.My work as a scientist and also as an occasional outreach communicator has put me in a situation where I need to extract graphical material from publications and other documents. The PDF import isn't perfect, if the text looks funny this can sometimes be remedied by selectring the text and clicking on 'Remove manual kerns' in the text menu. If you have any questions I'll post some pictures. Open your word processor (I have OpenOffice but it works for MS Word) and import the picture with the insert picture command. Select save a copy as from the file menu and save it in a format your word processor can import, for example if you have MS Word save it as a. In the example attached I extracted page 5 of the 7555 datasheet, ungrouped (right click the object and click ungroup) it and deleted all the objects except for the internal schematic. Click Ok and the page will appear in the editing space. Leave the other options as the defaults and select the page with the object on which you want to extract. Before you start this I assume you've downloaded Inkscape.Ī dialogue will be displayed asking you which page you want to import along with a few other options.

Pdf to vector image inkscape