Combining to animations

Hello,
I dont know much about flash, and this is making me crazy. I
have to separate flash files and I want to combine them together in
one flash file. I have set the right dimensions on the stage, but
the problem is when I select all frames and paste in the new file,
the animation one sits above the animation 2. i select the frames
again for the animation 1 and try to move all of them to the
position i want and then the animation gets screwed up.
How or is there a secret way to move the whole animation in
one piece and put it in a certain position of the stage?
Please help! I have been on this for more than 2 weeks.
Thanks

Shark,
It makes things clear, but how do I make a movie clip from
the whole animations? Should I select all the layers and frames??

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stability and because we chose to use
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> Hey guys;
>
> don't get so nervous about using the word "monopoly". I
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> years and do not have much complaints but the referral
as a monopoly was quite
> true as a professionals designer does not have much
choice when it comes to
> content creation software. You can not really use free
or open source software
> when you have to share files between other agencies
clients and printers. so
> now that Macromedia is out of the competition (and use
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