Flash CS4: Top/left alignment is 8 px from top/left in browser??

Hi there. another newbie to Flash. My vision is to have a colored square at the top of the site Im working on which should span across the entire browser window. I have created a square 1280 x 100 pixels in size and imported it to the stage, alignment is set to x=0, y=0 ad alignment. The scene is the same size as the square I 've imported. When I view my Flash creation its displayed 8 pixels from the top left corner of the browser window. The flash file only contains the square and nothing else. Please take a look at the 3 files I've attached: issue-scrreen1-3.jpg. The first 2 screens are my Flash, properties and library screen shots. The third screen shot is my browser window.
Any help on this issue will be very much appreciated.

Thanks a lot Ned. It worked!
</script>
<link href="header.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> // I HAVE ADDED THIS LINE! TO MY FLASH GENERATED HTML
</head>
This does work until I regenerate/recompile/publish the header.html the next time.
If I put the code in a seperate CSS file, can I then link it into the flash.fla file?

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To scale from point c to d only, set a "scale" property keyframe at point c (this will lock the objects scale at 100) THEN scale to 200% at point d
It takes a good deal of practice. I found the hard way that you just can't "wing" it. It isn't very intuitive coming from a classic tween approach.
These articles really helped me:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/motion_migration_guide.html
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/learning_guide/animation/
Take note of the tips on "cntr-clicking" frames and "shift-dragging". You have to really get used to a few keyboard modifiers when editing the timeline.
Stick around the forums. A lot of good info comes through daily.
Carl

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hi... I've installed flash CS4 without any problem. When I
try to enter it, the program does'nt launch. I have an Acer Aspire
with Windows Vista.
Thank you. Sorry for my english.

I am having the same problem. All my apps in CS4 Desing Premium install and work just fine. Only Flash CS4 is giving me headaches. Hours on the phone with Adombe tech support have failed to resolve the issue. Last left at "reinstall Vista 64 and reinstall CS4 Design Premium." Doing so requires 2 to 2.5 days for the installations and upgrades, and, there's no guarantee it will work.
Does anyone have a solution? Adobe? Class?

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I have a Time Capsule on which I back up 2 MacBooks and on my wife's machine she keeps having Airport Utility popping up all the time with a yellow button flashing on the left and a Red button on the right side with a "1" in the middle of it. Can any one tell me what is wrong. I read where when the yellow light was flashing there was a problem, but I am a novice at this and have no idea where to turn. It seems to be backing up on a regular basis.

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Click on the Time Capsule icon, then click Edit in the small window that appears
Click the Network tab at the top of the next window
Change the setting for Router Mode from the current DHCP and NAT to read Off (Bridge Mode), then click Update at the lower right of the window, and wait a full minute for the Time Capsule to restart to a green light.
Then.....very important
Power off the Time Capsule and your Arris modem/router for a few minutes
Start up the Arris first, and let it run a few minutes by itself
Start up the Time Capsule next the same way
Your network will now be correct, and your printing capabilities will improve.
If Time Machine backups do not occur now, post back and we will tackle that next.

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Does Adobe have a place to download these templates. If not, they should!

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