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the support monster has visited again, and I have been asked to source some clipart for my mother-in-law

I figured that there would be plenty available online, and there is, but I have no interest in sourcing them one a time...

I did find a few bundles (notably the Open Clipart collection), however significant parts of what I found are in SVG format.  While this may not be an issue for a computer literate user, it will present significant issues for the lady in question.

so, 2 questions

does anyone know of a source of good (free?) clipart bundles
does anyone know of a utility that can process batch conversions from SVG to something else (PNG?).  I guess that the 'ultimate' (?) solution would be able to convert to wmf (or another format native to office), even if it needs to be done in a couple of steps

app103:
They are not bundles, but many of the stock photo sites also have clipart.

Not only can you find some free ones on the pages listed here, but they are also ok for commercial use, without attribution: http://cranialsoup.blogspot.com/2010/03/tons-of-free-stock-photo-sites.html

I come across clipart all the time on my favorite site in the list: http://www.freestockphotos.biz/photos.php?c=clip+art&o=popular&s=0&lic=all&a=all&set=all

cranioscopical:
does anyone know of a utility that can process batch conversions from SVG to something else (PNG?).  I guess that the 'ultimate' (?) solution would be able to convert to wmf (or another format native to office), even if it needs to be done in a couple of steps-Target (August 30, 2011, 09:38 PM)
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Try the Windows version of ImageMagick.

JavaJones:
I think your best approach may be to take SVG resources and convert to WMF. SVG is a more modern format and will be increasingly what is used, I think. Hopefully Office will support it at some point. In the meantime, maybe this: http://sk1project.org/modules.php?name=Products&product=uniconvertor

- Oshyan

Target:
on the offchance that it's useful to someone, the answer appears to be inkscape

SVG is native to inkscape, and it can output to EMF (Enhanced MetaFile) which is native to Office...

no batch functionality, but it can be processed from the command line

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