Flash CS3 Fade tween nightmare

Mac OSX 10.5.2 Leopard
Flash CS3 Trial
Hi All,
My text fade tween seems to be corrupt. The font (Arial)
shows bits missing and other bits filled in?
The text field is static, I have broken the text apart twice
and the tween shows arrows between the key frames. But when I test
movie it looks really weird. Sometimes it even moves the text
about!!!????
I have tried embedding the font and this has not made any
difference.
Please help.

By weird i mean the text has diagonal sections missing. The
tips of the characters flicker and sometimes just one letter fades
in and out. Quite random.

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This is quite ridiculous, and on Adobe's Support page, the solution is "Do not use Test Movie."
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I guess they're right!
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