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Yes! And it's automated to give you the highest resolution possible.
I know--it scared me too. For years I'd get Word documents (sometimes one per photo for dozens of needed pictures) and be flumoxed as to how to persuade people that a Word document with a TIFF in it, isn't the same as giving me the TIFF (which is what I need). Finally I started using PrimoPDF (www.primopdf.com) to "print" the Word document to a Print-Quality PDF. Then it was off to Photoshop to open, rasterize, crop, and save each individual item.
Then I found out you could simply do a SAVE AS and Word would split up the document and the photos/graphics for me.
I know--it scared me too.
Open the Word document and go to >File>Save As
Under "Save As Type" chose "We Page (*htm; *htm)"
I know--it scared me too--HTML files are notoriously LESS useful in offset printing.
But Word will save the document as an HTML version...
And...
Get this--it'll also save any placed files into folders for you. High resolution and low resolution.
Now you can use the high resolution ones. This doesn't guarantee they'll be perfect or good quality, but you'll get them as separate files without the cropping hassle (or even printing out the Word doc and scanning photos!).