Thanks knightdk. I am trying that and its in the middle of downloading as I write this.
I have another question... if I click off "let armory run bitcoind in the background" and run Bitcoin Core myself, does that also need to finish its download / sync with the network before I am able to see my transaction?
Thanks.
Yes, the only difference is that you will need to start bitcoin core yourself when you start armory otherwise it won't work. Armory relies on bitcoin core, it doesn't matter how it is started, the stuff it uses and needs are still the same.