There is no reliable VBA method available for image compression in Word 2007 & later. Although Word 2007 & later contain the same command bar as Word 2003 & earlier (ID:=6382), it doesn’t work. Indeed Word 2007 & later contain two command bars with the same ID but it’s only the older non-functioning one your code activates. SendKeys is also unreliable, since its results are entirely dependent on which process & window is active when it runs.