Button to Navigate Timeline

I am using Flash CS3 making use of AS3.
I have 10 buttons, every button will play the next 10 frames
on the current timeline then "jump" to its intended frame which is
also in a different scene. The goal is to have the beginning of
every scene a basic template so that no matter where you jump from
everything is consistent.
While I have learned quite a bit in the last 2 weeks, this is
my second Flash Document ever (my first was done a couple weeks ago
and had no AS to worry about). I have no problem reading or
researching as long as I can find the material to do so, so a point
in the right direction would be great.
Here is a link to what I have so far (note: this only has one
button until I learn how to build the button properly, then I will
be able to finish the presentation):
http://www.celestial-advocates.com/images/bosses/Akil'zon4.swf
Oh hey... my next hurdle will be to learn how to make a
button to display my presentation in fullscreen format... but all
things in time :)

Based on your suggestion I started reading up on Arrays and I
can build an indexed Array, however I have no clue how to use it,
nor am I convinced that the Array I built is usable for the task at
hand. I am finding that I can find help for individual components
but I don't know enough to put them together.
When I say I have no clue how to use the Array I mean I don't
know where to put the code, I don't know how to write code for a
button to call an element from within the Array to do anything.
At this stage I think the best "help" would be to have an FLA
file that does what I am looking for. Then I can take that and
learn how it works. Someone had done that for me earlier but they
used Flash 8 which utilizes AS2 and I do not see how to transfer
that knowledge for use in AS3.
Their example had 4 buttons. By clicking on a button the
timeline would play to a given point then jump to the frame
intended. The Code for those buttons looked like this:
on (press) {
chapter = "chapter1"; // "chapter1" makes reference to a
frame name
gotoAndPlay("Fade out"); // "Fade out" makes reference to a
frame name
At first glance I would have thought this to be an easy task
and I am sure once I learn how to do it I will see that it is
indeed a simple task, however I am beginning to see that I may be
asking too much of the Forum members.
I can be emailed at
[email protected]

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