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Stage 6
We need a little bit of actionscript on these 2 labeled frames, nothing major, just a stop command to keep the movie from rolling along on its own. Add the command to each frame as shown in the picture.
Stage 7
Time to make our invisible button. Create a rectangle in a blank layer underneath the "8 Bit" menu option. Select the rectangle and hit F8 again, give the button a name, I suggest "button-invisible menu". Edit this button, by double clicking on its name in the library.
Stage 8
Here's the clever part... simply grab the keyframe in the "up" state of the button and drag it over to the "hit" frame. This should result in a blank keyframe on the "up", "over" and "down" states, but a rectangle in the hit area.
Next: The button will... >>
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