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> typing in the name of the picture (e.g., "WW.jpeg" or "WW" does not work,
> it simply shows up as text when I go to run the experiment.

When you have an <item> element

<item myitems>
/ 1 = "a.jpg"
/ 2 = "b.jpg"
...
</item>

it is not the <item> element that determines how its items are interpreted. It is the *stimulus* element that uses the <item> element.

I.e.,

<text mytext>
/ items = myitems
...
</text>

will display the string "a.jpg" or "b.jpg" on screen.

<picture mypicture>
/ items = myitems
...
</picture>

will interpret "a.jpg" and "b.jpg" as file names and display the respective image file.

For a simple example, see the Picture IAT tutorial in the Inquisit documentation.