I can tell you why the opening and closing matters. (sort of)


the only source of problems with what my macro does is this:

if the "Temp" folder ALREADY has a WMF in it for one of the pictures in the document, then my loop that searches for NEWLY CREATED wmf files will not find any newly created files, because Word apparently checks for the correct WMF when you click to edit an image. If Word finds that it already has a WMF for that image, then it won't create a new one.

A case or scenario in which the Temp folder would have the "desired" WMF already (meaning PRIOR to the execution of the macro) is the case where the user has already opened the document and activated some of the images.

Is that comprehensible? I get tripped up explaining computer stuff sometimes, but I hope that's clear enough. It's one of those things where I "get it" inside my own head but find it tougher to put into words.