I need my first page to load blank!

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Howdy One and All,
I need the first page to load blank (just a transparent background would do) but at the moment it's loading the first page of text. I want the text to appear when I hit the home button (named: mc.menuBtn1_btn). I'm having a little problem with the following code. Any ideas welcome
I want the buttons to slide in on the x from left to right and then settle in position, with no text on screen.
Then, when I hit the home button, the home page appears, followed by all the other buttons in the menu I decide to click.
I don't want to create scenes as it's all in AS3.
Hope this clarifies things
import fl.transitions.*;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
// tween the main menu into place upon opening
var moveTween:Tween = new Tween(mainmenu_mc, "x", Elastic.easeOut, mainmenu_mc.x, 1, 20, true);
// claim MCs from library to use on stage when needed using addChild
var p1:page1 = new page1;
var p2:page2 = new page2;
var p3:page3 = new page3;
var p4:page4 = new page4;
var p5:page5 = new page5;
var p6:page6 = new page6;
var p7:page7 = new page7;
var p8:page8 = new page8;
var p9:page9 = new page9;
pageContainer_mc.addChild(p1);
// instruct the above page container to run a tween
var pageMoveTween:Tween = new Tween(pageContainer_mc, "y", Elastic.easeOut, 0, 0, 2, true);
//new
mainmenu_mc.menuBtn1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn1Click);
mainmenu_mc.menuBtn2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn2Click);
mainmenu_mc.menuBtn3_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn3Click);
mainmenu_mc.menuBtn4_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn4Click);
mainmenu_mc.menuBtn5_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn5Click);
mainmenu_mc.menuBtn6_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn6Click);
mainmenu_mc.menuBtn7_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn7Click);
mainmenu_mc.menuBtn8_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn8Click);
mainmenu_mc.menuBtn9_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btn9Click);
function btn1Click (event:MouseEvent):void {
//home button actions
var btn1Outro:Tween=new Tween(pageContainer_mc,"alpha",Strong.easeOut, 1, 0, 1, true);
btn1Outro.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, runBtn1Transition);
function runBtn1Transition (event:TweenEvent):void {
pageContainer_mc.removeChildAt(1);
pageContainer_mc.addChild(p1);
var btn1Intro:Tween = new Tween(pageContainer_mc, "alpha", Strong.easeOut, 0, 1, 1, true);
function btn2Click (event:MouseEvent):void {
var btn2Outro:Tween = new Tween(pageContainer_mc, "alpha", Strong.easeOut, 1, 0, 1, true);
btn2Outro.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, runBtn2Transition);
function runBtn2Transition (event:TweenEvent):void {
pageContainer_mc.removeChildAt(1);
pageContainer_mc.addChild(p2);
var btn2Intro:Tween = new Tween(pageContainer_mc, "alpha", Strong.easeOut, 0, 1, 1, true);
etc. etc. etc... 

Answer 1

I'll assume that you are referring to p1.  If you don't want it to appear, then you should set its alpha value to 0 before you add it to the display list...
p1.alpha = 0;
pageContainer_mc.addChild(p1);
If the text is remains visible, then chances are you are using a dynamic textfield and have not embedded the font in it.