Drop down menu sizing

I am fairly new at flash and am working on some pretty basic concepts. What I have recently done is create a drop down menu that will work in conjunction with the rest of my site. The problem that I am having is that if I set the document size large enough for the entire drop down menu it leave me with a lot of blank space on my html page. In html I can adjust margins to use that space but then my drop down menus fall behind the html code. I am using CS3 and AS3.0. Any suggestion would be greatly appriciated. Thanks in advance.

well mark,
since nobody had the heart to tell you ...
you're a dummy!
the attachments you were messing with, happen to be pdf's and eps's.
these files don't offer the same sizing, preview, adjustment option as a simple jpeg.
and yes, for the poor soul reading this, i'm answering my own question.
problem solved.
hope my struggle helps somebody.
m.

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