How do I convert PDF (or Word file) to JPEG?

<p>How can I convert either a PDF or a Microsoft Word file to a high-quality JPEG?</p>

<p>I edit a small non-profit's newsletter. The newsletter is prepared in Word (2002 at home and 2007 at work), then converted to a PDF for distribution. I'd like to print one of the covers as a photo. I don't have a photo-quality inkjet, and printing on a color laser printer (at least the one I have at work) doesn't do justice to the cover photo. Surely there must be some reasonably convenient way to convert either the Word file or the PDF to a JPEG, so I can get Mpix or Shutterfly to print it. What is it?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

 

<p>My adobe acrobat lets me save as a jpeg. I just go to file / save as, and select JPEG from the dropdown list. </p>

<p>If your version doesnt let you, you can email me and I will convert it and email you back if you want. </p>

<p>Let me know. </p>

<p>If you have one of the newer Photoshops or Adobe Acrobat you should be able to extract the image to a jpg. In Photoshop CS4 (or an indeterminate earlier version), just open the PDF file. You'll be asked which page, resolution, etc. You can edit the page and save it in the format of your choice. Acrobat 9 (or an indeterminate earlier version) allows you to export the file as a jpg.</p>

<p>There almost certainly are other options, such as Ghostview, available free. While primarily a postscript viewer, Ghostview allows you to open PDFs and save them (convert is the menu option) as JPG's. Ghostview is available from the University of Wisconsin ( http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ ). you may need to install Ghostscript as well...</p>

<p>I've used both the Photoshop and Ghostview methods, and they both work nicely.</p>

<p>On Mac OS X, you can open a PDF with the standard, supplied Preview application and Save As to a bunch of different formats, including JPEG. </p>

<p>Depending on your requirements, you can use a stand alone program such as - Faststone Capture. Its certainly available as a trial version and may be available free (I cant recall if mine expires or not) But if it does expire, search Google for portable applications - faststone capture and use that.<br />With this application you can capture anything on screen as a gif, jpg, bmp or tiff. The only disadvantage is that resolution is only as good as that of your screen. But I find its very useful for this sort of thing and find the need to use it from time to time - perhpas once a month for something or other. You have a choice of capturing an open window, a rectangle, an irregular area or an object. The last option may be the best for you (it the object is too large to display wholly on one screen.)</p>

<p>Thanks all for the suggestions. Since posting, I've discovered that GIMP will open a PDF, then let you select a resolution, and it rasterizes the whole thing. Because GIMP is free (open-source) and the whole process is easy (two minutes to do it), this seems like a good solution.</p>