<w:p> <w:r> <w:pict> <v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter" /> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" /> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" /> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" /> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" /> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" /> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" /> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" /> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" /> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" /> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" /> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" /> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" /> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" /> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" /> </v:shapetype> <w:binData w:name="wordml://03000001.png">...</w:binData> <v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" style="width:212.15pt;height:89.3pt"> <v:imagedata src="wordml://03000001.png" o:title="" /> </v:shape> </w:pict> </w:r> </w:p>The binData tag does not contain the binary code as it is too long. So, I put ... instead. This code has been taken from the original Word file, which served as the template, when being saved as XML. So, the code is ok. But, something has to be changed in it for the path reference of the image. This is where I don't know where to look to resolve the issue.