Dim app As New MSWord.Application try Dim doc = app.Documents.Open("d:\test.doc") For Each shape As object In doc.InlineShapes If shape.Type = MSWord.WdInlineShapeType.wdInlineShapePicture system.threading.thread.sleep(50) shape.ConvertToShape End If Next doc.saved = True app.visible = True catch ex As exception msgbox(ex.message) app.Quit finally