Interactive Employee Handbook in Flash?

I have been given the task to generate a new employee
handbook / standard operating procedures manual, and I want to make
it a digital, interactive file in lieu of a boring old notebook.
I'm pretty familiar with Photoshop & InDesign, but am
self-teaching myself Flash. Before I dig too deep, I just want to
make sure it's possible.
My idea is to have the table of contents, with links to each
section, etc.
Any advice, suggestions, etc is greatly appreciated!

Thank you for the advice!
Do you know if there is a way to limit what a viewer can see
using a password? (I know, now it's getting very complicated). For
example, the manual would include Administration Policies &
Procedures, Sales Policies & Procedures, Accounting Policies
& Procedures, etc. I would like to be able to give the same
manual to everyone, but limit the Accounting personnel to only the
Administration & Accounting Policies & Procedures.
I definately think that I will use InDesign instead of Flash,
since it's possible in both worlds and I am much more familiar with
the InDesign world...
Thank you for all of your help!

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