LJStreet said s/he was using Word, but not what version. I have Word 2000 at home and have successfully done the word>html>epub thing with Calibre, though I've only had one illustration, at the end of the doc (and I add a page cover just before converting the html to epub). I hope to use the same process in the future when converting some books with lots of small drawings. As later versions of Word get more complex (Microsoft must think this is helpful...), therein may be a problem. However, using OO may be like using a simpler version of Word so... LJ may need to embed the illustrations