Flash MX - Grey stage and timeline help!!

Hi there i have enconuntered either a bug.. or a problem with
my flash work.
I use Flash MX 2004 on a Mac at college, to do my work. I use
Flash 8 at home on my Windows computer to do my college work.
In the early stages of my project, I could use Flash 8 and
save as Flash MX 2004, then it
would open fine at college. But now.. if i save as Flash MX
2004 and open it at college,
the timeline and the stage would be greyed out! HELP!! I have
no idea what happened, one
day it works, then the next day it doesnt.. and it's been
like this for a long time.
Here's a screenshot.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y122/Woodpeckersam/Picture8.png
Thanks
ps. yes i have tried copying the frames + layers to a new
file, i have tried saving as different filename... it's weird
because it opens up on Flash 8 at home fine, but in Flash MX it's
all grey.

Does anyone know how to fix this error?

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>> I am trying to do a simple Layer animation for my
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>> handside, as
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>> table....
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>> the
>> layers that Layer disapears from my Layer panel and
I cannot timeline
>> with
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>> animation.. but right now I am more interested in
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>> limitations of using Layers and Timelines in
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>> comments are most welcome.
>>
>> Layth
>>
>
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