How to create rotating banner ad?

Hi,
I am a complete and utter newbie when it comes to flash. I've bought Flash Professional CS5, and I am looking for a tutorial/help to create a rotating banner ad similar to the one on www.play.com.
Example: I've got four different pictures I want to rotate within let's say 3-4 seconds per picture. Each of the picture needs its own link, so people can click to get to the correct place. I want the pictures to "fade out to the left" when changing) How do I do this? Is there a simple tutorial? I've heard "flash is so easy", but I am having a hard time to grasp around it.
Anyone got any tips?

Thank you, I will check that out. When you say my Action Script Version, I've noticed that I can go up to 3. Are there any recommendations for this? What do the action scripts do? What would you suggest for a slideshow?

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I am having a W3C compliant website built and I need to create a JAVA/AJAX based image similar to how this works: http://www.gerrard.com/homepage.htm but I don't have a clue where to start.
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Well you are on your way to success then, GOOD JOB!!
Here's the simple, easy way to get this going:
Download swfobject ver 1.5 here (my site):
http://www.cidigitalmedia.com/swfobject.js
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