Newborn Newbie Needs To Edit Flash Template Text

First, I AM learning Flash 8 at Lynda.com. However I have the immediate need to know how to edit the text in a .fla file in F8. I am fairly proficient in Dreamweaver 8 and Photoshop CS, although that may not matter in the case of Flash.
I do not know how to get at nor edit the text in an .fla file. I've opened an .fla in Flash but it looks like everything's on one layer and I assumed Flash was like PS in that there are many layers of content. I tried but I mangled it badly. I don't really know how the text tools work in Flash.
I purchased the following template from Flashden:
http://flashden.net/item/md-portfoliosite-v2/full_screen_preview/3109
Xml files are included but unfortunately they only drive the galleries and not the rest of the site. Can someone please school me in very very (to the 100th power) basic steps on how I get at this text, edit it, and how I convert the .fla to a .swf and export it to Dreamweaver?
I have attached the .swf file.
THANK YOU!!!!!!

The text may be in an external .txt or .xml file. If you think that the text is written directly in the Flash movie, you can use the Find and Replace tool to find the text. Open the movie, select the stage window, go to the Edit menu and select find. When this window opens type in some of the text that you're trying to find, select Text and Actionscript in the options and and hit the find button. This should give you a list of the places where that text exists in your movie.

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wisevector wrote:
> I unsuccessfully searched the forums for the answer to
my post so here it
> is...I hope someone out there can help a noob!
>
> I've purchased a flash template from
templatemonster.com. I've successfully
> edited the first page, but cannot find where to access
the sub-pages like;
> services, about us, contact us, etc... Can anyone tell
me how to edit those
> pages?
>
> If looking at the site will help, it's
http://joshua-builders.com
>
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> Hey guys,
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> tried everything, I have access to photoshop and
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