Yes, more delays.

Rather than another long-winded post, I figured that this time I’d just give an example of how HTML approaches things compared to Word. Hopefully this will illustrate why I’m such a strong proponent of the former.

Specifying an image in HTML

<img src="filename.png" width="66%">

Specifying an image in docx (method 1)

<w:drawing>
  <wp:inline>
    <wp:extent cx="5270500" cy="3513667"/>
    <wp:docPr id="1" name="Picture 1"/>
    <wp:cNvGraphicFramePr>
      <a:graphicFrameLocks noChangeAspect="1"/>
    </wp:cNvGraphicFramePr>
    <a:graphic>
      <a:graphicData uri="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/picture">
        <dpct:pic>
          <dpct:nvPicPr>
            <dpct:cNvPr id="0" name="image"/>
            <dpct:cNvPicPr/>
          </dpct:nvPicPr>
          <dpct:blipFill>
            <a:blip r:embed="rId1"/>
            <a:stretch>
              <a:fillRect/>
            </a:stretch>
          </dpct:blipFill>
          <dpct:spPr>
            <a:xfrm>
              <a:off x="0" y="0"/>
              <a:ext cx="5270500" cy="3513667"/>
            </a:xfrm>
            <a:prstGeom prst="rect"/>
          </dpct:spPr>
        </dpct:pic>
      </a:graphicData>
    </a:graphic>
  </wp:inline>
</w:drawing>

Specifying an image in docx (method 2)

<w:pict>
  <v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
    <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/>
    <v:formulas>
      <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/>
      <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/>
      <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/>
      <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/>
      <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/>
      <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/>
      <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/>
      <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/>
      <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/>
      <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/>
      <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/>
      <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/>
    </v:formulas>
    <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/>
    <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/>
  </v:shapetype>
  <v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" style="width:96pt;height:64pt" type="#_x0000_t75">
    <v:imagedata r:id="rId4" o:title="min"/>
  </v:shape>
</w:pict>