Help with Interactive Buttons

I'm having a really rough time understanding how to code my interactive menu.
I've posted the files here https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21231523/Menu_animation.zip.
1. I'd like my first animation to run which involves the buttons swooping in and then coming into the correct positions.
2. When you roll over the buttons, I'd like them to turn red.
3. When you click on the buttons, I'd like them to stay red, and the actual text label rotates 90 degrees. I'd like this to stay this way until the user either clicks on the button again to rotate it back to 0 degrees or when the user clicks on another button and that also causes the button to rotate back and the current button clicked on rotates 90 degrees.
I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks so much.

To get the kind of interaction and anoimation you identify you will need to use movieclip symbols instead of button symbols.

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rpofclt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need help with a button. I created a button and set it
up so that when you
> click and hold it, the button becomes lighter in color
(I used Alpha). I want
> the button to stay this light color after i release the
click. Right now it
> goes back to the normal color when I release the click.
Can somone help we
> this?
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> Good day all!
>
> I need help making a button. This is what I want to
happen.
>
> I have a bunch of text, One of the words "merino" is
bule as to say there
> is a
> link hear! And I want an image of the "merino" to come
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> box.
>
> I know how to do this in "Flash" i.e just drop in the
image on the over
> state
> of the button event. Easy as pie! This is why I cant get
to grips with
> Dreamweaver! I hate it!
>
> But I am willing to learn and maybe in time love???
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