Menu with images

Hi fellows

I need to insert an image in my menu. My menu is composed with the following strings: "New Text", "New File", "New Ruler".
My menu was coded with win32, not MFC.
Now the questions:
1) I've readed that I need to create owner draw menus. Is that right?
2) How can I load an image to insert in my menu? The size of the image matters or when I insert, windows fit the image according the area that I passed.
3) What you recommend that I read to get a better understand of this topic and start coding?

Any help is very welcomed. Again thanks for the support.

Here is one link with example soucecode
http://www.winapizone.net/extensions/imagemenu/

I hope it helps

thanks for help