I have a Word file (.doc) that was emailed to me that has several files
embedded in it. It has .xls, .doc and .pdf files embedded. Is there a way
that i can save all of these embedded files to a folder on C: drive (or
network drive) simultaneously? rather than having to go to each file and save
it off.

I do not need to change the names of the files when saving them off.

WinXP - SP2
MS Word 2003 - SP2

"Cindy M." wrote:

> Hi =?Utf-8?B?ay1oYXA=?=,
>
> > I have a Word file (.doc) that was emailed to me that has several files
> > embedded in it. It has .xls, .doc and .pdf files embedded. Is there a way
> > that i can save all of these embedded files to a folder on C: drive (or
> > network drive) simultaneously? rather than having to go to each file and save
> > it off.
> >
> Not really, no. Theoretically, it would be possible by programming a macro. But
> in practice it would be difficult to give you any code for this since
>
> 1) it would depend on knowing the automation interface for the PDF editor that
> starts when you open a PDF object. Most PDF editors don't expose such an
> interface.
>
> 2) Word can get all tangled up when multiple embedded objects are being opened
> and manipulated. If you're not used to programming and debugging code the
> experience of trying to get it all to work would be very frustrating and, in the
> end, it might not work, anyway.
>
> If you really want to pursue this, I recommend asking in the word.vba.general
> newsgroup where you'll find more macro programmers than in this group targeted
> at end-users.
>
> Cindy Meister
> INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
> http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
> http://www.word.mvps.org
>
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>
>

Thanks, for the prompt reply Cindy.... I figured as much....
Cheers