Thank you very much. I am not such a newbie that I didn't look at that thread, I swear, lol. I did, actually, look at the thread in question...however, I don't know why, but it just didnt occur to me that I was creating background graphics and needed to be following that procedure.
snip nm...dumb question I answered myself looking farther down in the file.
Successfully made the teenie-tiny book using 128x128 and 128x64 pieces before bed last night, but it won't be usable, unless I want to be a very myopic cleric...
removing #5 from my list of issues...only 4 more to go...
Rykahna