I have the following method: Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture("http://www.mysite.com/myimage.gif", True, False, Me.WordApp.Selection.Range) I'm making copies of the document by copying and pasting the contents. But I need to find away to prevent Word from retrieving those images from the http source again when I alter the urls in the cloned documents (I'm removing query strings in the urls of the copied images - so myimage.gif?r-0 becomes myimage.gif). The source image is the same, but parameter changes obviously trigger an unwanted HTTP GET. Any ideas? -- Eric Legault - Outlook MVP, MCDBA, MCTS (SharePoint programming, etc.) Try Picture Attachments Wizard for Outlook: http://www.collaborativeinnovations.ca Blog: http://blogs.officezealot.com/legault/