Documents conversion
Convert DOC to BMP
Updated Jul 2026
Converting a DOC file to BMP turns each page of the old Word document into a flat bitmap image, since BMP can't hold editable text. Open the DOC in a converter and export it as BMP, and you get one image per page. Doing this on your own computer means the document's content and any hidden metadata never leave your machine.
- Extension
- .doc
- Type
- Documents
- Typically
- Old Word documents
- Metadata
- Carries EXIF
- Extension
- .bmp
- Type
- Images
- Typically
- Legacy Windows images
- Transparency
- None
Convert DOC to BMP on your own computer. Nothing uploads.
How to convert DOC to BMP
- Open Morphjet and drag in the DOC file, or a whole folder of old Word documents, at once.
- Choose BMP as the output format.
- Convert. Morphjet renders each page as a bitmap image and writes the files locally, nothing leaves your machine.
DOC vs BMP: what actually changes
| DOC | BMP | |
|---|---|---|
| Editable text | Yes, fully editable in a word processor | No, it's a flattened image |
| File size | Compact, text and formatting stored efficiently | Much larger, uncompressed pixel data |
| Opens everywhere | Needs a word processor with legacy .doc support | Yes, any image viewer or browser |
| Quality | Lossless, since it's just formatted text | Lossless, but it's now a picture of the page, not searchable text |
| Metadata | Yes, keeps author, company, and often an edit history | No, an image file doesn't carry document properties |
| Multiple pages | One file holds every page | One image per page |
When to convert, and when not to
Convert DOC to BMP when you need a page as a plain picture, for example to embed it in software that only accepts images, drop it into a slideshow, or preserve exactly how an old document looked without letting anyone edit the text.
Keep the DOC if you or anyone else still needs to edit, search, or copy the text, since a BMP is just a picture and none of that works anymore.
Why not just use an online converter?
Old Word documents often carry metadata you don't see on the page, like the author's name, the company it was written at, and sometimes a history of everyone who edited it. An online converter would receive all of that along with the document's actual content. Converting on your own computer means the file, and everything hidden inside it, stays on your machine the whole time.
Questions
Does converting DOC to BMP lose any quality?
The image itself is lossless, but you lose the text: once it's a BMP, you can't search, copy, or edit it, since it's just a picture of the page.
Will the BMP keep the document's author and metadata?
No. BMP is an image format and doesn't carry document properties like author name, company, or edit history, so converting effectively strips that information out.
What happens to a multi-page DOC when I convert it to BMP?
Each page becomes its own BMP image, since a single bitmap can only hold one page at a time.
Why would I convert an old Word document to an image instead of PDF?
BMP is a much older, simpler format that some legacy software or specific tools expect instead of PDF or DOC. For most modern sharing, PDF is the better choice.
Can I convert DOC to BMP without uploading it anywhere?
Yes. A desktop app like Morphjet does the conversion on your own computer, so the document never travels over the internet.
Morphjet converts DOC, BMP, and 1,800+ other formats, all on your machine. Launching this July.