OBP, I did so. I then opened the new one and the print is still without images. So I went back to the certificate in design view, and now I am able to insert image without crashing. One problem solved.

But after inserting the background image, I tested by print preview, and no background image... sigh. The image is set to "Display when" = Always. And the printer does not have data only checked. I don't understand much about how images work. I know that as soon as I imported the tables, forms, queries, and functions from the other DB to this one, and viewed the certificate (which I see is a form - I did it back in the day before understanding reports), the form view showed the images, but the print view does not.

Is that due to bad pathway referencing? I mean if the path is wrong then why would it show in form view at all. It shouldn't show at all, am I not correct?

It would mean then that there is another problem somewhere that didn't show up before. Another change is that I moved from Access 2007 to Access 2016. Could that have done something?

Finally, do I have to import an image for every placement it would show up in, or just once. The image for fishing skill can go in any of three locations. I would suppose one insert should be enough. Is that correct?

GaryJ