Dvd menu question

Hi everyone..
i am currently animating a dvd menu in after effects, and I just want to make sure that what I am planning to do is do-able..
I am planning to have my menu as a movie, which would have the menu options appear with effects on them.. and then I want a simple image to appear next to the text upon selection.. Like an arrow symbol or something.
It is possible to overlay an image within a button region, correct?
I also want to clarify-- I definitely want the text to be clickable-- so I am imagining a button region which would extend the width of the .mov file's text area, and then a little wider to give space for the image.. but I am not sure how this is done...
so, any comments would be greatly appreciated.
-patrick

Hi there.. Ok I am at the stage where I am ready to get this button situation going. I read the example that you suggested, but I am still a little confused with how to proceed.
Here is a screenshot of my menu:
http://www.collinatorstudios.com/www/menubuttons2.png
The text "Start practice, Technique tutorials, dvd extras, audio settings" are part of the video, they are not text in the buttons.. However, the Buttons do have that symbol in them, which is what I want the 'selection cursor' to be.
1) This is an animated menu where the options reveal themselves around 30 seconds into the menu. How do I make my buttons not become active until the loop point?
2) Do I really want to use an overlay file like in your example?
3) How do I set the non-selected buttons to be invisible? (So that there is only one symbol at any given time)
Thank you.
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