Extract Image from Word Document

Purpose Summary

This page explains how to extract a single image from a Word document.

On this page we will look at how to extract image from a document using Aspose.Words or Open XML SDK.

Aspose.Words

In Aspose.Words, use the Shape class to work with images. To select all shape nodes use the GetChildNodes method and to extract image data use the ImageData property.

The following code example shows how to extract images from a document and save them as files:

Open XML SDK

You can also do the same using the Open XML SDK. At the same time, note that it looks somewhat more complicated and more cumbersome.

The following code example shows how to extract images from a document and save them as files:

You can download the sample file of this example from Aspose.Words GitHub.

For more information about Aspose.Words features please visit How to Extract Images from a Document.