Problematic InDesign CS5 Animation and exporting, any help?

Question

Hi there,
I am an experienced InDesign user, and have recently started using CS5.
I am using it to create a very simple flash website however I am encountering 2 problems.
1. WHENEVER I have consecutive animations, such as a) Object 1, Fly in from top, followed by b) Object 2, fly in from bottom, object 2 appears momentarily in its final  location before doing its expected entry - right after object 1 has done its thing. Does that make sense?
2. When exporting as a swf, then viewing in a browser, the page may come out correctly (with the exception of problem 1), except the space around the page is grey. I would love to make this white, anyone know how?
This would be super easy if I could attach a swf but i cant for flips sake.
Really hope to get this sorted, such annoying problems. Thanks muchly
Adam

Answer 1

Thanks for the suggestion Peter.  Unfortunately I was on Windows so couldn't do any time travelling.  Fortunately I'd saved out a few JPEGs for approval yesterday, so managed to recreate the work using them as reference. 
For anyone else reading - don't make my mistake!  Remember that the Document Recovery feature is only for emergencies, and SAVE SAVE SAVE SAVE SAVE.