Flash text in DW MX

My site (redirect from www.johnbowlby.com) home page uses a
lot of DW flash text elements with links to other pages on the
site.
Lately, a white box outline appears around any of the Flash
text elements on the page. User has to click once to get the flash
element to show the rollover color and then again to activate link.
This is new. Previously (i.e. for 2 years) the Flash text has
changed color on rollover and gone to the assigned link on a single
click.
Can someone explain and help me stop this. Annoyong and looks
terrible.
Thanks

> Sorry. Blame Microsoft.
Actually, blame the Justice Department for terminal
boneheadedness.
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"Gary White" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:32:00 +0000 (UTC), "ebwebw"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Thanks. The note you refer to address the problem.
>>
>> Unfortunately, it will be annoying to implement
throughout my site.
>
> Sorry. Blame Microsoft.
>
>
>> Do you know whether later versions of DW incorporate
(or will eventually
>>incorporate) the work arounds so site visitors can
interact with Flash
>>active
>>content directly (no outline on object / no extra
click)?
>
> I have no way of knowing that, nor does anyone else who
would be able to
> answer. Anyone who might know, could not say.
>
> Gary

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>
> I'm very angry for this, now I have to recreate from the
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> Flash
> CS4 version for the solution? is this the new idea of
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"TrekScout" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Some of the fonts that aren't showing up are True Type
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>
> If Flash Text is being dropped, what is going to replace
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>
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taking an Adobe
> Certified Class in Dreamweaver and the using Flash Text
was a requirement.
>

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Fodderstompf wrote:
> Thanks guys,
>
> I don't have Flash MX and it turns out the font is a
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>
> Didn't realise about the true-type thing, bit of
nusiance (and completely the
> opposite of the hassle I normally have with print
work!).
>
> I'm gonna look and see I can get a true-type version of
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>
> Thanks.
>
>
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"NIRC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I cannot for the life of me get my "flash text" to work
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tried--including the one I made
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> Any ideas
>

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