With the help from another forum I was able to acomplish what I was trying to do. Answers from the GIMP forum were a little over my head. Most I have done regarding pictures is to use the brightness and contrast tools. To delete backgrounds and add object to another file was very challenging for me.
I recently downloaded the free Sharepoint Designer 2007 from the Microsoft web site. Does anyone know if this downloaded included any Service Packs? The download was 295MB in size.