Photoshop Layered Buttons+menus

Hello,
I imported a layered photoshop file into DVDSP4.0. I am able to isolate the layers from the PSD file to act as my background. So far so Good.
I then created a button, selected a target for it but am unable to select layers from above PSD to act as states for my button. I do not get the "layers" tab in the inspector when I select the button to edit it. I only see "Style", "Advanced", "Color" & "Transition". What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
John La Sala

Make sure you have raterized all text and effects
Take a look here for how to do layers and also you can download the Photoshop files if needed
http://dvdstepbystep.com/layersover.php
Which version of DVD SP 4.x on which machine and OS? (In case the above does not help.) Anything before 4.1 on a MacIntel can be a bit inconsistent

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