Hi Richard: I asked you a Access 102 question regarding a bounded object frame and using a link instead of inserting the actual AdobePDF map. I reviewed Section6 of Access 203 created a link just like your bitmap example in Section 6.  When it adds a picture of the link I find that my file size only drops from about 7 MB to 6.8 MB - not a significant difference between link and unlinked.  So then I saw that  you can substitute an icon and for a picture and that drops the file size dramatically.  All well and good except now my question is when I try to print a report (inserting an OLE bounded box) all I get is the icon to print not the actual image - I cruised around in Access but couldn't find an easy solution.
Thanks