That is odd. I've not seen this and can't begin to work out why a single paste would do that. But I wouldn't be using the selection object either, especially when you are automating Word from a different program. And getting Word to do a clipboard conversion into a bitmap is not a great practice either.

Is it possible to export the graphic from JMP (to a temporary location) in a format that can then be imported into Word? This would be the preferred method because you should be able to control the bitmap resolution/format better than Word's clipboard conversion can do.

I've recently had a client tell me that a png bitmap in their Word 2016 document contained editable text. This is 'not possible' unless Word is doing some OCR on the graphic - Is it possible that the bitmap is being surreptitiously OCR'd by Word to make it appear your graphic is being pasted in separate objects?

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Andrew Lockton
Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia