Hi Christine In my previous project I produced a couple of shortish manuals in Word 97 using Snagit to capture the screen shots. I saved them as .gif and inserted them as links. I used the Distiller to compile the PDF files. The larger of the two had more than 100 .gif files in it. It worked exactly as one would hope. I should say that the only graphics I put in tables were icon-sized ones. All the rest were in line in the text. Many - probably most - were scaled to some degree. In my early compiles I had a problem with insufficient memory. I rebooted the system and ran only Word and the Distiller - and it worked. There was one other problem I fixed along the way. If a graphic was 'insert and link' it would hold up the compile. Link only. HTH Allan ----------------------------------------------------- This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential/privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department. You should scan any attached files for viruses. -----------------------------------------------------