Word 2003, SP 2 - Word newbie.

I have an image on a Word document that I want to automatically annotate with data from 2 tables already on the document in specific locations on the image. The tables are used like mini spreadsheets.

My approach was to put a 3rd table on top of the image. Then turn off the lines of the table. That works but the problem is that the document(RTF format) is written back to a program that pulls the data out of the 3rd table, currently overlaying the image, and writes the data below the undisturbed image. I can't change how the other program works because I have no access to the source code.

Is there a way to convert the image with the overlay table on top of it and convert it to a new image and replace the image on the document with the new merged image. That way the other program will not be able to pull the data out of the overlay table since it will now be a part of the image. I would also remove the 3rd table overlaying the old image.

I hope what I am describing is clear. I'm open to other suggestions and approaches.