Sorry for this excessive posting but I have now found a work around (altho there must be an easier way).  Right click on empty container, chose insert object, chose "Bitmap Image" option BUT chose option "Create New".  That will take you to a blank sheet in Paint. Using the "Paste" tool, chose "Paste From" and then navigate to the file you want to use (jpg's are fine).  It will then load into Paint and the record at the same time.  Ignore the screen dots they will clear when you click away.
This is all essential for me as I need to create a database of many actors, images are essential and bitmaps are rather large files for this purpose.
Hope you're not sick of these posts!