# PDF To jpg In Win 8. How? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 20, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227 "2014-06-20T18:18:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/1 "2014-06-20T18:18:08Z")
I have Windows 8.1, and for the life of me,l I can’t copy & paste a PDF into **anything**! How do I convert it to a jpeg? ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/2 "2014-06-20T18:26:02Z")
Ctrl-Alt-PrtScreen is my simple go-to solution. Then fire up Gimp or something if you wish, but Micro$oft Paint is often good enough for simple tasks. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/3 "2014-06-20T18:34:17Z")
I use the snipit utility in widows 7. I find it better than printscreen since you only have to snip what you want and not the whole screen. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/4 "2014-06-20T20:42:02Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > I use the snipit utility in widows 7. I find it better than printscreen since you only have to snip what you want and not the whole screen. WIN 8 only, please. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/5 "2014-06-20T21:25:21Z")
The take a snapshot control in adobe reader does this, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/6 "2014-06-20T21:56:48Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > WIN 8 only, please. Snipping Tool (built in to Win7 and 8) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/7 "2014-06-20T22:04:15Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Ctrl-Alt-PrtScreen is my simple go-to solution. Then fire up Gimp or something if you wish, but Micro$oft Paint is often good enough for simple tasks. This. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/8 "2014-06-21T00:18:20Z")
For a lot of these, I assume OP doesn’t want to take multiple shots of the pdf and splice them together. > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > WIN 8 only, please. Why would they remove a good feature like that in the next version? Microsoft will keep it, as long as it’s not a start button! Apparently there is a feature that 8 has and 7 doesn’t: Winkey+PrtScr saves it automatically. What does Ctrl+Alt+PrtScr do? I can find references to Ctrl and Alt _separately_, but not in conjunction. E.g. [forum posts](http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/234120-Ctrl-Alt-Print-screen-problem). I’m not sure abour Acrobat Reader (the free one). The full version can do this, at least as early as Acrobat Pro 9.0, and probably way earlier. Maybe certain 3rd party pdf viewers can do this for free. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/9 "2014-06-21T02:16:08Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Snipping Tool (built in to Win7 and 8) Agreed. This is a fantastic little tool that very few people actually seem to know about. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/10 "2014-06-21T02:27:30Z")
So glad I read this thread. Didn’t know about the snipping tool. Neato! ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/11 "2014-06-21T06:21:21Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Snipping Tool (built in to Win7 and 8) snipping tool only gives you access to what’s on the screen. If you want to capture the entire page you can do this in Firefox with the add-on [FireShot](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fireshot/). It gives you all kinds of options of capturing and ways of pasting such as loading it into the capture buffer. You can then import into something like Xnview or Gimp. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/12 "2014-06-21T07:12:15Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Ctrl-Alt-PrtScreen is my simple go-to solution. Then fire up Gimp or something if you wish, If you use Gimp, you don’t need to use Ctrl-Alt-PrtScreen. You can just open the whole original PDF and then export the whole thing as jpg. ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/13 "2014-06-21T07:52:07Z")
My version of Adobe will save as an image when needed so that is what I do. When it comes to screen-grabs, my favourite is Snaggit. I have had it for linger than the snipping tool has been around and I find it superior – Highly configurable. Catches scrolling documents (eg, web pages), has some basic (but very useful) editing and highlighting tools. Recommended. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2014, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/14 "2014-06-21T11:20:17Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > What does Ctrl+Alt+PrtScr do? I can find references to Ctrl and Alt _separately_, but not in conjunction. Oops. :smack: :eek: :o :o :o Sorry for spreading disinformation. I first learned of Something+PrtScr several decades ago, but then ignored/forgot it (and more generally Windows) for decades. When I finally needed the feature I just experimented with various Something+PrtScr, eventually settling on Ctrl+Alt+PrtScr (easy to remember?), but now realize Windows is ignoring the Ctrl or the Alt. :smack: Don’t tell me which – I don’t want to know. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/15 "2014-06-22T14:10:33Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Snipping Tool (built in to Win7 and 8) I didn’t know about that tool. I use FastStone capture, which does similar work but has a built in option to take over the print screen key strokes, so you don’t need to launch an app every time you want to copy something. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pdf-to-jpg-in-win-8-how/691227/16 "2014-06-22T15:16:04Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > If you use Gimp, you don’t need to use Ctrl-Alt-PrtScreen. You can just open the whole original PDF and then export the whole thing as jpg. Or open GIMP and import it. 🙂 I’ve used GIMP over the years, though, and I’ve pretty much given up. It seems to crash all the time.