Importing Illustrator CS3 files into flash CS3 to tween

Hello,
I'm definitely not a flash pro so I would like some help!
I'm trying to animate a man in Flash CS3 who was drawn in
illustrator CS3.
I've imported all the layers but when I try to tween them
only the ones that have a single path tween correctly. Can you only
tween single path layers or am I being an idiot?
Many thanks and I look forward to your comments!

you can actually make illustrator drawings into symbols for
use in Flash CS3 while they're still in Ai. I would try that
approach first. There are some video tutorials on Adobe's site-
I've lost the link.
That takes it out of the multi-layer wackiness, and puts
everything together in nice packages.
Hopefully I'm not telling you something you already know X
/

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