Importing SWFs into Captivate

Help! I have a swf (flash movie) I am importing into
Captivate 3. The swf (flash movie) is 6 frames. I need the movie to
start on page 2 with the option of selecting the previous and/or
next buttons (also set up within that movie).
Right now if it displays on page 2/6, 3/6, through to 6/6
...I have no way of getting back to the previous pages. Hope this
makes sense. I am just trying everything I can or know to get this
working.
Using ActionScript 2 - Flash 8

Hi All - I made the adjustments as noted above. Published at
30fps and Action Script 1.0. Checked transparency. Tried loading
from top and bottom in Flash publish settings. Still no luck.
I tried some other experiments as well. I right clicked on
the animation and tried moving to front / back etc. with no change
in results. But, when I merged the animation with slide background
... i could see an image of my swf in the published and preview
versions. But, it was static - not playing.

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