diff --git a/EduNetworkBuilder/RTFWindow.cs b/EduNetworkBuilder/RTFWindow.cs
index c20e3e1..ffd5efe 100644
--- a/EduNetworkBuilder/RTFWindow.cs
+++ b/EduNetworkBuilder/RTFWindow.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using System.Windows.Forms;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Resources;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 
 namespace EduNetworkBuilder
@@ -81,21 +82,117 @@ namespace EduNetworkBuilder
             }
             if (WhatToShow == RTFWindowContents.help)
             {                
-                myRTF = Properties.Resources.Help;
+                myRTF = SafeRTF(Properties.Resources.Help);
                 rtbContent.Rtf = myRTF;
             }
             else if (WhatToShow == RTFWindowContents.about)
             {
-                myRTF = Properties.Resources.about;
+                myRTF = SafeRTF(Properties.Resources.about);
                 rtbContent.Rtf = myRTF;
             }
             else if (WhatToShow == RTFWindowContents.release_notes)
             {
-                myRTF = Properties.Resources.ReleaseNotes;
+                myRTF = SafeRTF(Properties.Resources.ReleaseNotes);
                 rtbContent.Rtf = myRTF;
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// When running using Mono (on Linux) the RTF reader fails on some images.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="inRTF"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public string SafeRTF(string inRTF)
+        {
+            string What = string.Copy(inRTF);
+            if (!NB.IsRunningOnMono()) return What;
+            string newWhat = "";
+            List<string> ToMatch = new List<string>();
+            ToMatch.Add(@"{\nonshppict");
+            ToMatch.Add(@"{\*\shppict");
+            ToMatch.Add(@"{\pict");
+
+            string MatchedSoFar = "";
+            int count = 0;
+            int posincompare = 0;
+            bool Foundit = false;
+            bool FoundPartMatch = false;
+            int posinfile = 0;
+            using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
+            {
+                var sw = new StreamWriter(ms);
+                foreach (char c in What)
+                {
+                    posinfile++;
+                    if (posinfile % 10000 == 0)
+                        Console.WriteLine("  Place " + posinfile);
+                    if (Foundit)
+                    {
+                        if (c == '{') count++;
+                        if (c == '}') count--;
+                        if (count == 0)
+                        {
+                            Foundit = false; //We have finished finding it.
+                            posincompare = 0;//start from the beginning again
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        MatchedSoFar += c;
+                        FoundPartMatch = false;
+                        for(int i=0; i< ToMatch.Count; i++)
+                        {
+                            int howfar = MatchedSoFar.Length;
+                            if (ToMatch[i].Length < howfar) howfar = ToMatch[i].Length;
+                            if (MatchedSoFar.Equals(ToMatch[i].Substring(0,howfar)))
+                            {
+                                FoundPartMatch = true;
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        if (FoundPartMatch)
+                        {
+                            posincompare++;
+                            for (int i = 0; i < ToMatch.Count; i++)
+                            {
+                                if (ToMatch[i].Equals(MatchedSoFar))
+                                    Foundit = true;
+                            }
+                            if (Foundit)
+                            {
+                                posincompare = 0;
+                                Foundit = true;
+                                count = 1; //There is one { in the compare string
+                                MatchedSoFar = "";//reset it
+                            }
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            if (posincompare > 0)
+                            {
+                                //newWhat += picstart.Substring(0, posincompare);
+                                sw.Write(MatchedSoFar); //What has matched up to this point
+                                posincompare = 0;
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                //newWhat += c;
+                                sw.Write(c);
+                            }
+                            MatchedSoFar = ""; //reset it
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                Console.WriteLine("  Place " + posinfile);
+                sw.Flush();
+                ms.Position = 0;
+                var sr = new StreamReader(ms);
+                newWhat = sr.ReadToEnd();
+            }
+            return newWhat;
+        }
+
         public void JumpToSelection(string WhatToFind)
         {
             int indexToText = rtbContent.Find(WhatToFind);