Flash Slide Show - need to convert jpgs to symbols

Flash beginner here,
I'm making a slide show, one slide at a time with alpha fades
overlapping so each image will fade in while the next fades in.
Tell me if my workflow can be improved:
1.) I imported all the pre-sized jpeg images into the library
2.) I then brought one image onto the stage and converted it
to a symbol so I could apply the alpha fade.
3.) I create a new layer and repeat the process with the next
image down the timeline with fades.
This is a slow one-by-one process. I'm wondering if there is
a better way. For instance, one thing that would have helped
streamline the process was if I could have converted all of the
images in the library to symbols in one fell swoop, let the new
symbol take on the name of the jpeg image without the .jpg
extension would have been good enough.
Also, re-creating the identical 'fade in, hold and fade-out'
routine over and over seems like it would have been better if I
could have copied that routine from one timeline and pasted it to
the next while being able to highlight that area and slide it down
the time line 100 frames, would also have helped the process.
Any tips on how I could have done it better, smarter?
TIA,
Ken

There isn't any parameter in the current code that appears to control the preloader activity, so if one could be added, it would probably be a selection of whatever interface DW provided for creating the show.
If it's any use to you, I took a couple of minutes and created a simplified swf file using the two images.  It is a static piece, meaning you can't add/change images for it like the slideshow appears to support, and it does not preload, but it may pass for now... if not, the quick effort didn't kill my weekend plans.
The zip file linked here contains an html page which you can use to copy/paste the embedding code into your file, the swf file, and a javascript file that must also reside in the folder.  In the html head section there are two script tags that must also be added to the html head section of your file.
http://www.nedwebs.com/Flash/indexFlash.zip

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