# Executing the Image Converter Plug-in

This topic explains how to use the image converter plug-in to convert DocuWorks files or PDF documents into image files.
Procedure
1.
Select a DocuWorks file or PDF document in Desk, and click the [Image Converter] plug-in button in the toolbar or the task toolbar.
Note
The name of the button that is set on the Task Toolbar by default is [Convert to Image].
The [Image Converter] dialog box appears.
2.
Specify the path name to the [Save To] column.
Select the options as needed and click [OK].
The image file is created. During conversion, the [Running] dialog box appears to show the progress of conversion and the estimated time remaining to completion. Click [Cancel] to abort the conversion process.
Important

- The [Remaining] indicated in the [Running] dialog box is only an estimate, and may not be accurate.
- After clicking [Cancel], allow some time for the conversion process to stop.
- If an image file would exceed 1 GB, conversion is not possible. Also, if the file would exceed 200 MB, the message "Depending on the machine, it may take a long time. Do you want to continue?" appears. You can select whether to continue or to cancel. Note that 1 GB and 200 MB do not refer to the size of the resulting image file, but to the size of a bitmap file that is created temporarily during the conversion process.
  Also, if you are creating large image files, you should have free hard disk space that is at least two to three times the size of the files being created.
- When you select [G4] from [Compression] in the [TIFF Setting] dialog box, converted bitmap is only monochrome. If you select it for color conversion (Color is selected in the [Image Converter] dialog box), an error message appears and no conversion occurs.
- If you select [Multiple Pages in One File] in the [TIFF Setting] dialog box and the resulting file would be too large for conversion, no file is created. In this case, convert one page at a time.

Note
If the document includes annotations or signatures, they are also converted. However, parts of annotations that extend beyond the edges of the document are not converted. Also, annotations are not converted if they are hidden. A signature will remain unverified.