I have tried everything I can think of, but when I create a document in Word2000 and insert a picture as a link, it shows fine, until I save then reload the document. If I use alt F9 it shows as: {INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\test\\header.jpg" \* MERGEFORMAT \d} The problem is I am trying to keep the file size down since the file will be saved in RTF format later for use as a template in a web application, and as an RTF file with images in grows in size considerably this is the only way I can think of. Any help would be much appreciated. Regards Peter