Adding/Activating Fonts in Flash CS4

Okay, so this is probably a really simple fix, but I recently upgraded to CS4 from CS2 and for some reason only a dozen or so fonts are showing up in my menu. In Flash 8 everything I had in Suitcase would show up. Any advice on how to remedy this? or at least add more fonts? I appreciate the help!

Check out this thread and see if that will fix it.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=15&catid=196&threadid =1382388&highlight_key=y&keyword1=blurred

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