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Title: Map sent in Word Pad
Post by: Abiam2 on Tuesday 14 July 09 08:52 BST (UK)

Hi,
A contact has just sent me a map in Word Pad format.  I want to save and enlarge it as it too small for my poor old eyes!

How do I do this?  Suggestions welcome,
Thank you,
Abiam

Title: Re: Map sent in Word Pad
Post by: Nick29 on Tuesday 14 July 09 09:01 BST (UK)

Well, I have a technique that I use in Word, which you may need to use to solve this, although someone more knowledgeable in this area may be able to offer a simpler solution.

Word has the facility to save a document as a web page.  When you do this, Word creates an HTML document which creates the page, and it also creates a folder which contains the images used on the page.  This folder should contain the map image, which you can then resize using an image editor like Irfan View.

Title: Re: Map sent in Word Pad
Post by: mike175 on Tuesday 14 July 09 10:35 BST (UK)

The map is probably an embedded image file in WordPad. Try 'Right-Click/Copy' on the map and you should then be able to paste it into an image editor and modify as Nick suggests.

Mike

Title: Re: Map sent in Word Pad
Post by: Abiam2 on Tuesday 14 July 09 11:27 BST (UK)

Thank you both!  Done and dusted. 
Abiam