that actually answers several questions that I've had, thank you so much! I still don't understand the steps needed to create the "movie?". I know the fade out/fade in, has something to do with (i'm not sure what it's called in Flash, but I found a tutorial) opacity, but the whole idea of " on click (text button") this item fades, and then these items run as a slideshow, and then upon stop, this first item fades back in...errr...I don't understand how to set it up. Is there a tutorial for this particular idea that I have? I haven't found one, but I would appreciate that. If I can follow it step by step, then it will click in my head, but right now I feel sort of clumsy using Flash.