How to extract images from comments in Excel?
In Excel, you can insert image into the comment as easily as you can, but, have you ever considered extracting the images from comment boxes into cells or into a specific folder? This article, I will talk about how to extract the images from comments.
Extract and save images from comments into a folder with Save As function
Extract images from comments into cells with VBA code
Extract and save images from comments into a folder with Save As function
If you want to extract and save the images from comments into a folder, please do as follows:
1. Copy the sheet which contains the comments with images that you want to save into a new blank workbook.
2. And then click File > Save As to save this new workbook as Web Page format in a specific folder, see screenshot:
3. Then click Save button to save the file, then go to the specific folder to view the saved images, two files are generated in the folder, one is the html file, and another is a folder that contains all the images and other files, see screenshot:

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Extract images from comments into cells with VBA code
If you want to extract the images from comments into cells as following screenshot shown, here, I can create a VBA code for you, please do as this:
1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.
VBA code: Extract images from comments into cells:
Sub CommentPictures()
'Updateby Extendoffcie
Dim cmt As Comment
Dim xRg As Range
Dim visBool As Boolean
Dim cmtTxt As String
Dim jpgPath As String
Dim shpHeight As Integer, shpWidth As Integer
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For Each cmt In ActiveSheet.Comments
With cmt
cmtTxt = .Text
shpHeight = .Shape.Height
shpWidth = .Shape.Width
.Text Text:="" & Chr(10) & ""
visBool = .Visible
.Visible = True
On Error Resume Next
Set xRg = .Parent.Offset(0, 1)
.Shape.CopyPicture _
Appearance:=xlScreen, Format:=xlPicture
xRg.PasteSpecial
Selection.ShapeRange.LockAspectRatio = msoFalse
Selection.Width = xRg.Width
Selection.Height = xRg.Height
.Visible = visBool
.Text Text:=cmtTxt
End With
Next cmt
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
3. Then press F5 key to run this code, and all the images of the comments in current worksheet have been extracted into the next column cells, see screenshot:
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