> > I tried using about 52 jpeg compression (beyond that, the smaller text > > labels become unreadable) in full color, and it clocked in at 900K (I'm > > using Paint Shop Pro 8). > > > > I reduced it to grayscale, same compression, it dropped to 200K. > Actually, you might do very well with PNG compression. A 16-color > pallette should be fine, if you avoid excessive textures and shading. > And of course making a smaller version that you could see on screen > all at once would help the size, too. I believe I tried png as well, and it clocked in a hair over 1 meg. It had a lot of shading. Bryan