diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
index 71676dbc..e4f3bbc1 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/DocumentExt.cs
@@ -845,7 +845,19 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 							// 9.25 is the approximate offset of the base line of the font, i.e. doesn't include descender.
 							float y = (float)sel.get_Information(LBWdInformation.wdVerticalPositionRelativeToTextBoundary) + ((sel.Font.Size * 9.25F) / 12);
 							sel.Text = "";
-							LBShape shape = myDoc.Shapes.AddPicture(roImageFile.MyFile.FullName, x, y, sel.Range);
+							LBShape shape = null;
+							if (MSWordToPDF.DebugStatus==0 && !roImageFile.MyFile.FullName.ToUpper().EndsWith("GIF"))
+							{
+								System.Drawing.Image img = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(roImageFile.MyFile.FullName);
+								string newname = Regex.Replace(roImageFile.MyFile.FullName,@"\.[A-Z]+$",".GIF");
+								roImageFile.MyGifFile = new FileInfo(newname);
+								img.Save(newname, ImageFormat.Gif);
+								shape = myDoc.Shapes.AddPicture(newname, x, y, sel.Range);
+							}
+							else
+							{
+								shape = myDoc.Shapes.AddPicture(roImageFile.MyFile.FullName, x, y, sel.Range);
+							}
 							shape.RelativeVerticalPosition = LBWdRelativeVerticalPosition.wdRelativeVerticalPositionMargin;
 							shape.Top = y;		// Reset value after setting flag RelativeVerticalPosition
 							shape.RelativeHorizontalPosition = LBWdRelativeHorizontalPosition.wdRelativeHorizontalPositionMargin;
diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ROImageExt.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ROImageExt.cs
index 0f0455c0..a6733e82 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ROImageExt.cs
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS.CSLA.Library/Extension/ROImageExt.cs
@@ -264,6 +264,12 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 		{
 			get { return _MyFile; }
 		}
+		private FileInfo _MyGifFile = null;
+		public FileInfo MyGifFile
+		{
+			get { return _MyGifFile; }
+			set { _MyGifFile = value; }
+		}
 		private string _Extension = "TIF";
 		public string Extension
 		{
@@ -281,6 +287,8 @@ namespace VEPROMS.CSLA.Library
 				try
 				{
 					_MyFile.Delete();
+					if (_MyGifFile != null)
+						_MyGifFile.Delete();
 				}
 				catch (IOException ex)
 				{